διακωλ-ύω [ῡ],
hinder, prevent, τινὰ μὴ ποιεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.36; δ. σε ὀρφανὸν εἶναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 148; δ. τὰ ἱερὰ μὴ γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.82; δ. ἄδικα γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31e; δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, NT.Matt.3.14 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; δ. τινά τι (i.e. ποιεῖν) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 315d; δ. τινά τινος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.79; δ. φόνον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1771 (Lyric poetry); δ. τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 3, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1159b6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.101; διακωλυθεὶς τοῦ σκοποῦ τυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.7: ἂ διεκωλύθη (i.e. ποιεῖν) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.60. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]