A.leave off, desist from, c. gen., “ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὣς ἀπέληγε μάχης” 11.7.263; οὐκ ἀπολήγει ἀλκῆς ib.21.577; νέον δ᾽ ἀπέληγεν ἐδωδῆς ib.24.475; “ἀ. ἔρωτος” Pl.R.490b.
2. c. part., leave off doing, 11.17.565, Od.19.166; [“γενεὴ] ἡ μὲν φύει, ἡ δ᾽ ἀπολήγει” 11.6.149: abs., cease, desist, ib.13.230, 20.99; “κλέος. . οὐδ᾽ ἀπολήξει” Xenoph.6.3; opp. γίνεται, Emp.17.30; of the wind, fall, Theoc.22.19.
3. ἀ. εἰς ἕν end in. ., Arist.Mu.399a13, cf. Str.13.4.1, Plu.2.496a, Luc.Im.6; ἐς ὀξύ taper to a point, Arr.Tact.16.7: Rhet., of the close of a sentence, “ἀ. εἰς συνδέσμους” Demetr.Eloc.257.