ἀποκλείω
I. "to shut off from or out of, debar", τινὰ πυλέων Hdt.; δωμάτων Aesch.; ἀπ. τινά "to shut" him "out", Ar.:—Mid., ἀπ. τινα τῆς διαβάσεως "to get" him "debarred from" passing, Thuc.
2. "to shut out or exclude from" a thing, τινός Hdt., etc.; ἀπό τινος Ar.
II. "to shut up" a gate and the like, "to bar, close", Hdt.:—Pass. "to be closed", id=Ar.
III. "to shut up" one in prison, Soph., Ar., etc.
IV. "to shut out, intercept, bar", Hdt., Ar.:—Pass., ἀπ. ὑπὸ τῆς ἵππου Hdt.