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ἀπο-παύω ,
A.stop or hinder from, make to cease from,τοὺς μὲν . . εἴασαν ἐπεὶπολέμου ἀπέπαυσανIl.11.323; “πένθεος . τινάHdt.1.46; “ἐρώτωνS.Aj.1205 (lyr.); “λόγου δέ σε μακροὖ᾽ ποπαύσωE.Supp.639: c.inf., hinder from doing, . τινὰ ἀλητεύειν, ὁρμηθῆναι, Od.18.114, 12.126:—Med. and Pass., leave off, cease from, c. gen., “πολέμου δ᾽ ἀποπαύεο πάμπανIl.1.422, cf. 8.473; “ἀοιδῆςOd.1.340; “τοῦ δάκνεινX.Cyr.7.5.62; “ἐκ καμάτωνS.El.231 (lyr.): abs., leave off, opp. ἄρχεσθαι, Thgn.2; terminate, Arat.51.
2. c. acc., stop, check,νὺξ ἀπέπαυσε . . ΠηλεΐωναIl. 18.267; “Ἀλκμήνης δ᾽ . τόκον19.119, al.; so “. κῶμονThgn.829; “μερίμναςE.Ba.381 (lyr.); “ὠδῖναPl.Tht.151a, etc.
II. intr. in Act., “ἀπόπαυσονstop! cease! E.Fr.118; “οὐκ ἀπὸ πυγμαχίης ἀποπαύσετε;AP9.217 (Scaev.).
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