A.to be gone away, to be far from, keep aloof from a thing, c. gen., “ἀποίχονται πολέμοιο” Il.11.408; ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρός hast forsaken him, 19.342.
2. abs., to be gone, to have departed, ὅπως δὴ δηρὸν ἀποίχεται how long he has been gone, Od.4.109; “ἀνδρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο πολὺν χρόνον” 21.70, cf. 1.253; περὶ πατρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο ἐρέσθαι his absent father, 1.135, cf. E.Hel.1306 (lyr.); “ἀ. εἰς τάξιν πάλιν” Id.Heracl.818: imper. “ἀποίχεσθε” begone! Hecat.30 J.
3. to have perished, “ἀποίχεται χάρις” E. HF134 (lyr.); of persons, to be dead and gone, “ἀπολιπών μ᾽ ἀποίχεται” Ar.Ra.83; in full, ἀ. βιότοιο v.l. in AP10.59 (Pall.); οἱ ἀποιχόμενοι, = οἱ τελευτήσαντες, Pi.P.1.93, cf. 3.3, SIG1219.10 (iii B.C.).
5. ἀποιχομένου μίτου, of a broken lyre-string, AP6.54 (Paul. Sil.).
