previous next
ἀποφέρω , Hom. only in fut. -οίσω (Dor.
A.“-οισῶ” Ar.Ach.779, Med. “-οίσομαι” Theoc.1.3, Luc.Bis Acc.33) and Ion.aor. ἀπένεικα: Att. aor. “-ήνεγκα” Th.5.10: aor. 2 “-ήνεγκον” Ar.Ach.582, etc.: pf. “-ενήνοχα” D. 27.20:—carry off or away, “τεύχεα δέ σφ᾽ ἀπένεικαν” Od.16.360, etc.; of a wind, Il.14.255, Hdt.4.179: metaph., Plu.2.374e; of a disease, Hdt.3.66, 6.27; generally, “ἀ. σῆμα” S.Tr.614; “βρέφος ἐς ἄντρον” E. Ion16, cf. Ev.Marc.15.1, etc.:—Pass., to be carried from one's course, “ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμων” Hdt.2.114, cf. 116; “ἀπενεχθέντες ἐς Αιβύην” Th.7.50, cf. 6.104.
2. exhale, evaporate, Anon.Lond.22.25:—Pass., to be wafted, Plu.2.681a.
II. carry or bring back, “αὖτις ἀποίσετον ὠκέες ἵπποι” Il.5.257; “ἂψ Ἕκτορι μῦθον ἀποίσειν” 10.337; “ἀ. οἴκαδις” Ar.Ach.779: —so in Pass., of oracles, “ταῦτα ἀπενειχθέντα” Hdt.1.66,158,160: but in Pass., also of persons, return, Id.4.164, Th., etc.; ἀπηνέχθη εἰς . . ἔτι ζῶν was carried home, of a sick man, X.HG3.3.1; “τεθνεὼς ἐκ δεσμωτηρίου ἀ.” Lys.12.18.
2. pay back, return, Hdt.1.196, etc.: hence, pay what is due as tribute, etc., Id.4.35, 5.84, Th.5.31.
3. bring in, return, of slaves let out to labour for their master's profit, v.l. Aeschin.1.97, cf. Philostr.Her.2.
4. generally, bring, hand over as required, “τί τινι” Hdt.4.64; “ὅπλα” X.Cyr.7.5.34; “εἰς τὰ δημόσια ἀ. ἱερὰ τὰ ἴδια” Pl.Lg.910c.
III. hand in an accusation, render accounts, returns, etc., ἀ. παρανόμων (sc. γραφήν） πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα Docum. ap. D.18.54, cf.52.30; ἀπήνεγκε παρανόμων (sc. γραφήν） Δημοσθένει Decr. ap. D.18.105; “λόγον . . ἀπενήνοχεν ἀναλωμάτων” D.27.20; λόγον πρὸς τοὺς λογιστάς, λόγον τῇ πόλει, Aeschin.3.22; “ἀ. τοὺς ἱππεύσαντας” hand in a list of . ., Lys.16.6; “ναύτας” D.50.6; ἀ. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ δεδωκώς having entered in the account, Id.49.16:—Pass., to be returned as so and so, “ἀπηνέχθη ἀνώμοτος” Id.21.86; “διαιτητὴς ἀπενηνεγμένος” Id.52.30.
2. deliver a letter, Id.34.8.
IV. bring home, receive as wages, Luc.Tim.12 (which others refer to signf. 11.2).
B. Med., take away with one, Hdt.1.132, Isoc.6.74, etc.; carry off a prize, μετὰ Πᾶνα τὸ δεύτερον ἆθλον ἀποισῇ Theoc.l.c.; “κάλλευς πρῶτ᾽ ἀπενεγκαμέναν” APl.4.166 (Even.); “ἀ. δόξαν” Hdn.1.5.7; carry home delicacies from a banquet, Luc.Symp.38 (less freq. in Act., Id.Nigr.25).
2. take for oneself, gain, obtain, “λέχη ἀλλότρια” E.El. 1089 codd.; receive to oneself, “μόρον” Id.Ph.595.
3. obtain a decision, win a lawsuit, “δίκην κενὴν θελόντων ἀ.” Inscr.Prien.111.150 (i B.C.).
II. bring back for oneself, “ὀπίσω” Hdt.7.152; “ἀ. σημεῖα τοῦ θυμῷ μάχεσθαι” X.Ages.6.2; ἀ. βίον μητρί, i.e. return to her alive, E. Ph.1161; “νόστον” Id.IA298 (lyr.).
C. Intr. in Act., be off, “ἀπόφερ᾽ ἐς κόρακας” Ar.Pax1221.
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (50 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (50):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 97
    • Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 22
    • Aristophanes, Peace, 1221
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 105
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 54
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1, 20
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 86
    • Demosthenes, Against Phormio, 8
    • Demosthenes, Against Polycles, 6
    • Demosthenes, Against Timotheus, 16
    • Demosthenes, Against Callippus, 30
    • Euripides, Electra, 1089
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis, 298
    • Euripides, Ion, 16
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 595
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1161
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.132
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.152
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.196
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.66
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.114
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.66
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.164
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.179
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.35
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.64
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.84
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.27
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.337
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.255
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.257
    • Homer, Odyssey, 16.360
    • Isocrates, Archidamus, 74
    • Lysias, Against Eratosthenes, 18
    • Lysias, For Mantitheus, 6
    • New Testament, Mark, 15.1
    • Plato, Laws, 910c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.31
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.5.34
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 3.3.1
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 6.2
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 614
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 582
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 779
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.104
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.50
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.10
    • Lucian, Symposium, 38
    • Lucian, Timon, 11.2
    • Lucian, Timon, 12
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: