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ἀφαιρ-έω , Ion. ἀπαιρέω , fut. -ήσω: pf. ἀφῄρηκα, Ion. ἀπαραίρηκα: aor. ἀφεῖλον, later inf.
A.ἀφέλαιGDI4940.35 (Cret.); “ἀφῄρησαGal.11.121:—take away from:—Constr.: mostly . τί τινι, σῖτον μέν σφιν ἀφεῖλε took it from him, Od.14.455, cf. A.Eu.360 codd., etc. (but also, relieve one of a duty, X.Cyr.7.1.44): less freq. “. τί τινοςAr.Pax 560, X.Lac.4.7; “κῆρα χώραςA.Th.777 (lyr.); “ἔκ τινοςId.Eu.444; also τινά τι prob. l. ib.360, S.Ph.933, v. infr. II. I, III: c. gen., take from,τιμῆς οὔτ᾽ ἀφελὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπορεξάμενοςSol.5.2; μηδὲν ἀφαιρῶμεν τοῦ ἀδίκου (from the unjust man) “ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίαςPl.R.360e; τοῦ πλήθους diminish the number, X.Vect.4.4: c. acc. only, ἀπελὼν τὰ ἄχθεα having taken them off, Hdt.1.80; “βασιλέων . . ὀργὰς ἀφῄρουνtook away, E.Med.455, cf.Ar.Pl.22,Ra.518.
2. set aside,κρέαSIG 1044.41 (Halic., iv B. C.).
3. Math., . ἀπὸ . . subtract from, Euc.Ax.3 (Pass.), etc.; of ratios, divide out from both sides of an equation, Apollon. Perg.1.41 (Pass.); intercept, in Pass., Procl.Hyp.2.27.
4. in Logic, abstract, c. acc., Arist.APo.74a37, al.: abs., Id.Metaph.1030a33.
II. Med., fut. ἀφαιρήσομαι (in pass. sense, v.l. for ἀπαιρε-θήσεσθαι, Hdt.5.35, cf. Antipho Fr.57), later “ἀφελοῦμαιTimostr.5, Plb.3.29.7: aor. ἀφειλόμην, later “ἀφειλάμηνPh.2.586, D.C.41.63, cf. Phryn.116: pf. ἀφῄρημαι (in med. sense) X.Cyr.7.5.79 (spelt “ἀφείρ-Sammelb.4309 (iii B. C.)):—from Hom. downwds. more freq. than Act., take away for oneself; also in reciprocal sense, ἀφαιρεῖσθον τύχην ye have received each the fortune of the other, E. El.928:—Constr. like Act., ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τί τινι, as “καὶ δή μοι γέρας . . ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖςIl.1.161; “τί τινος5.673,691, 9.335, Th.3.58, Lys.24.13, etc. (also “τεύχεα . . ὤμοιϊν ἀφελέσθαιIl.13.510); “τι πρός τινοςE.Tr.1034; “τι ἀπό τινοςAr.V.883; “ἔκ τινοςX.Cyn.12.9: c. dupl. acc. rei et pers., bereave or deprive of,μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽ . . ἀποαίρεο κούρηνIl.1.275, cf. Hdt.1.71, 7.104; freq. in Att. and Trag., Lys. l. c., Th.8.74, D.20.46, etc.; “τέκνα . τινάE.Andr.613, cf. Ar.Ach. 464: rarely c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, “. τὰς κύνας τοῦ εὑρεῖνX.Cyn.6.4; “τῆς ἀρχῆς τινάPlu.Ant.60; “τὴν Ἀμαζόνα τοῦ ζωστῆροςPaus.5.10.9.
4. . τινὰ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Lat. vindicare in libertatem, claim as free, Pl.Lg. 914e, Isoc.12.97, D.58.19, cf. Lys.23.10, Aeschin.1.62.
2. ἀφαιρεθείς, in Law, the person from whom a slave has been claimed, Id.Lg.915a.
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