ἀποτρέπω
I. "to turn" one "away from" a thing, c. gen., Il.:— "to turn away, deter or dissuade from", Thuc.; also, c. inf., ἀπ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Aesch., Dem.
2. c. acc. pers. only, "to turn away, turn back", Il.
3. c. acc. rei, "to turn aside, avert, prevent", Hdt., Plat.; cf. ἀποτρόπαιος, ἀπότροπος.
4. "to turn from" others "against" one, τι ἐπί τινι Soph.:—Mid., ἀποτραπόμενος πρός τι "turning away from other objects" to this one, Plut.
II. Mid. and Pass. "to turn from, to desist from" doing a thing, c. part., Il., c. inf., Eur., etc.:—absol. "to stop, desist", Thuc.
2. "to turn away, turn a deaf ear", Il.
3. c. acc. rei, "to turn away from", like Lat. aversari, Aesch., Eur.
4. "to turn back, return", Thuc., Xen.