A.“ἀπήρυκον” Plb.16.1.3: aor. “ἀπήρυξα” X.An.5.8.25, Isyll.74 (tm.), Maiist.45 (tm.):—keep off or away, “εἰ γὰρ Ἀθήνη . . βελέων ἀπερύκοι ἐρωήν” Il.17.562; “σύας τε κύνας τ᾽ ἀ.” Od.18.105; “ἀπερύκοι . . Φοῖβος κακὰν φάτιν” S.Aj.186 (lyr.); πολέμιον X.l.c., cf. Plb.16.1.3: c. gen., “στρατὸν . . Μήδων ἀπέρυκε τῆσδε πόλεος” Thgn. 775: c. acc. et inf., prevent one from . ., “οὔτε σε κωμάζειν ἀπερύκομεν οὔτε καλεῦμεν” Id.1207:—less freq. in Prose, ἀ. τινί τι keep off from, “ταῦτα ἡ εὐτυχίη οἱ ἀπερύκει” Hdt.1.32, cf. X.Oec.5.6; “τοὺς λύκους ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων” Mem.2.9.2, cf. Arist.HA620a12:—Pass., “πατρῴης γῆς ἀπερυκόμενος” debarred from . ., Thgn.1210:—Med., ἀλλήλων ἔριδος (v.l. ἔριδας) δὴν (δῆγμ᾽ Bgk.) “ἀπερυκόμενοι” desisting from . ., Id.494; ἀπερύκου (sc. φωνῆς) abstain from speech, S.OC169 (lyr.):—later in act. sense, ἀπερύκεο νούσους, to be read in Maced.Pae.23.
ἀπερύκω [υ_], impf.