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ἀπέχω , fut. ἀφέξω, and (Od.19.572) ἀποσχήσω: aor. ἀπέσχον:—
A.keep off or away from, “αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς” Il.6.96,277; “ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχων εὐεργέα νῆα” Od.15.33; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, Il.22.324; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν . . αἶγας Orac. ap. Hdt.8.20, cf. 22; “ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον” A.Ag.1125 (lyr.), cf. Pr.687 (lyr.).
2. c. dat. pers., “τοι . . χεῖρας ἀφέξω” Od.20.263.
3. with a Prep., “ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν” E.Ba.427 (lyr.); “ῥῖνα ἀπὸ κάκκης” Ar.Pax162.
4. c.acc. only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον Pi.N.7.61; “ἀ. φάσγανον” E.Or.1519.
5. οὐδὲν ἀπέχει c. inf., nothing hinders, debars one from doing, Pl. Cra.407b, Plu.2.433a.
II. Med., κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from . ., Od.22.316; “κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθε” Emp.141; “ἀθανάτων ἀ. χεῖρας” A.Eu.350 (lyr.), cf. Supp. 756, Pl.Smp.213d, 214d:—but mostly,
2. ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, “πολέμου” Il.8.35, al.; “βοῶν” Od. 12.321; οὐδὲ . . σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee, ib.19.489; “Δεκελέης” abstain from ravaging D., Hdt.0.73, cf.1.66, 4.118, al., Th. 1.20, etc.; keep away from, “πόλεως” X.HG7.3.10: in pf. Pass., “μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον” D.27.47; “ἀγορᾶς ἀπεσχ.” Arist.Pol.1278a25.
3. c. inf., ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, Th.5.25; “λαμβάνειν ἀπέσχετο” Philem.94.3; “ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ ποιεῖν” X. Mem.4.2.3; “οὐκ ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ποιεῖν” Id.Cyr.1.6.32, Pl.R.354b: also c. part., Jul.Or.1.43d.
4. abs., refrain oneself, D.21.61.
III. intr. in Act., to be away or far from, c. gen. loci, “τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους” Th.6.97; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., Hdt.1.179,cf.3.26,al.; “ἀπὸ θαλάττης . . δώδεκα δδὸν ἡμερῶν ἀ.” Euphro11.3; “ἀ. παμπόλλων ἡμερῶν ὁδόν” X.Cyr.1.1.3; “τὸ μέσον ἴσον τῶν ἐσχάτων ἀ.” Pl.Prm.145b; “πλεῖστον ἀ. κατὰ τόπον” Arist.Mete.363a31; a). τὴν ἡμίσειαν διάμετρον Id. Cael.293b30, etc.
b. project, extend, Id.GA781a11; “τὰἀπέχοντα” prominent parts, PA 655a32.
c. ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by . ., Th.5.3.
2. of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, Hdt.1.67; “τοσοῦτον ἀπέχω τοῦ ποιεῖν τι ὥστε . .” Isoc.6.70; τοσούτῳ πλέον ἡμῶν ἀπέχεις τοῦ πιστὰ λέγειν ὅσον . . ib.11.32; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] D.21.41; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, X.Mem.1.2.62; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of . ., D.21.59.
3. generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, Arist.Pol.1289b2, 1293a17; “τοῦ μέσου” Id.EN1109a10.
4. differ from, “οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός” Hdn.1.16.4.
5. διαφύσιες . . ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, Hp.de Arte 10.
IV. have or receive in full, “τὴν ἀπόκρισιν” Aeschin.2.50; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, Call.Epigr.55; χάριτας ib.51; ἀπέχω in receipts, BGU612.2 (i A.D.), etc.; “ἀ. τὸν μισθόν” Plu.Sol.22, Ev.Matt.6.2, al.; “καρπὸν ἀ. τῶν πονηθέντων” Plu.Them.17; “ἀ. τὸ μέτεριον” Id.2.124e.
2. impers., “ἀπέχει” it sufficeth, it is enough, Ev.Marc.14.41, cf. Anacreont.15.33.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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