ἐμποδών

A. before the feet, in the way, in one's path, κτείνειν πάντα τὸν ἐ. γενόμενον every one that came in the way, Hdt. 1.80; πᾶν ἔθνος τὸ ἐ. Id. 2.102; τοὺς αἰεὶ ἐ. γινομένους Id. 4.118, cf.7.108; τὸ μὴ ἐ. those who are absent, Th. 2.45; μή που λαθών τις ἐ. (sc. γενόμενος) Ar. V. 247.

2. in one's way, i.e. presenting an hindrance, ὁ θεὸς . . [οἱ] ἐ. ἕστηκε Hdt. 6.82; ὥς σφι τὸ ἐ. ἐγεγόνεε καθαρόν when all impediments had been cleared away, Id. 7.183; τί τοὐμπ.; Ar. Lys. 1161; οὐδὲν ἐ. [ἐστι] A. Pr. 13; ἐ. ἔστη δορί Id. Th. 1021; παρεῖναι S. OT 445; οὐδεὶς ἐ. κεῖται νόμος E. Ion 1047; καθῆσθαι Ar. Pax 473; σὺ δ’ ἡμῖν μηδὲν ἐ. γένῃ E. Hec. 372; ἐ. τινι φῦναι Id. Or. 605: c. inf., ἐ. εἶναι τῷ ποιεῖν X. HG 2.3.23; ἐ. γενέσθαι, εἶναί τινι μὴ πράττειν, prevent a person's doing, Ar. Pax 315, Th. 6.28, etc.; τί ἐ. μοι μὴ οὐ . .; what prevents my doing? X. Eq. 11.13, cf. An. 3.1.13; so ἐ. τὸ μὴ εἶναι ib.4.8.14; ἐ. γίγνεσθαι τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾶν Id. Cyr. 2.4.23; ἐ. εἰ = ναι ἀλλήλοις τινός to hinder each other from a thing, ib.8.5.24, cf.Plu. Them. 4, etc.; λόγων τίς ἐ.ὅδ’ ἔρχεται; E. Supp. 395; ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. τι to regard it as a hindrance, suffer it to hinder, Lys. 13.88, X. Cyr. 4.2.46, D. 21.104.

3. in one's way, before one's eyes, manifest, πόθεν ἄρξομαι, ἐ. ἁπάντων ὄντων; And. 4.10; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐ. ποιοῦνται Arist. EN 1133a3; ἃ δ’ ἐ. μάλιστα ταῦθ’ ἥκω φράσων E. Ph. 706; ἡ ἐ. παιδεία everyday education, Arist. Pol. 1337a39; πολλοῖς ἐ. εἶναι καὶ γνωρίζεσθαι Plb. 2.17.1.

4. of Time, immediately, Polem.Hist. 83.