ἀποκωλ-ύω,
future -ύσω [ῡ], hinder or prevent from a thing, or its use, τινὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.3; ἀπό τινος LXX.Eccl.2.10] LXX+5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, prevent from doing, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1411, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150c, +others; ἀ. τοῦ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 8.1; ἀ. μὴ ἐλθεῖν [prev. author] “An.” 6.4.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with accusative only, keep off, hinder, Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III absolutely, stop the way, [[ [prev. author] 1.72: _impersonal_, οὐδὲν ἀποκωλύει] Refs] there is nothing to prevent it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372e, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV shut up, τέκνα εἰς οἶκον[[ LXX.1Ki.6.10.] LXX]