βλάπτω
Etym. Root ΒΛΑΒ, v. βλάβη
I. "to disable, hinder, stop" Hom.:—βλ. πόδας "to disable" the feet, "to lame" them, Od.:—Pass., ὄζωι ἔνι βλαφθέντε [the horses] "caught" in a branch, Il.; βλάβεν ἅρματα "were stopped", id=Il.; Διόθεν βλαφθέντα βέλεμνα "stopped, made frustrate" by Zeus, id=Il.
2. c. gen. "to hinder from", βλάπτουσι κελεύθου Od.:—Pass., βλαβέντα λοισθίων δρόμων "arrested" in its last course, Aesch.
II. of the mind, "to distract, delude, deceive, mislead", of the Gods, Hom.; βλαφθείς, Lat. mente captus, Il.
III. after Hom. "to damage, hurt, mar", opp. to wilful wrong (ἀδικεῖν), Aesch., etc.