ἀποτροπ-ιάζω,
utter a deprecatory prayer for, τινά[[ 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.1] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—middle, avert evil by sacrifice, [[ LXX.Eze.16.21; σημεῖον “POxy.” 885.53, compare 2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “Miracula” 1, Scholia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 203.] LXX+4th c.BC+]