A.pick out from a number, and so: 1. pick out, choose, “τὸ ἄριστον” Hdt.5.110, cf. 3.14, Ar.V.580, Aen.Tact.1.5, 3.2:—freq. in Med., pick out for oneself, τριήκοντα μυριάδας τοῦ στρατοῦ from the army, Hdt.8.101; “ἐκ πάντων” Th.4.9:—Pass., “ἀπολελεγμένοι” picked men, Hdt.7.40; “ἀπειλεγμένοι” X.Eq.Mag.8.12.2. pick out for the purpose of rejecting, “τριβόλους” Ar.Lys.576; “ἀ. τινὰ ἐκ τῶν δικαστῶν” Plu.Cat.Mi.48.
II. later, decline, refuse, “ἀ. τὸ χορηλεῖν” Plb.2.63.1; “ἀ. περί τινος” Id.4.9.3:—Med., decline something offered to one, “ἀρχήν” Id.Fr.16; ἱκεσίαν, δέησιν, Plu.Sol.12, Cat.Mi.2; renounce, give up, τὰ πρωτεῖα, τὴν νίκην, τὸν βίον, Id.Luc.42, Nic.6, 2.1060d; “τὴν ψυχήν” LXX Jn.4.8: abs. (sc. τὸ ζῆν), Ph.1.274; also, give in, make no resistance, Plu.Lyc.22, Pomp.23:—so in Act., lose heart, as pres. of “ἀπεῖπον, τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ” Procop.Vand.2.19; “ταῖς δυνάμεσι” Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.5.9.