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ἀπο-σπάω , fut. -σπάσω [α^],
A.tear or drag away from,τινόςS.Aj.1024, Pl.R. 491b, etc.; “. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνωνHdt.3.1, cf. 102; “ἀποσπάσας. . περόνας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆςS.OT1268; “μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃςE.Hec.277: rarely . τινά τι tear a thing from one, S.OC 866; . τινά tear him away, Hdt.6.91; . τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, Plb.2.26.8: metaph., “. τινὰ ἐλπίδοςS.OT1432; and reversely also “. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδωνId.El.809; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, PPetr.3p.129 (iii B.C.); “τινὰ ἀπό τινοςBGU1125.9 (i B.C.), cf. infr. 5; “μαθητάςAct.Ap.20.30; “. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσηςPlu.Them.19; “ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινάAr.Ra.962:—Med., τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆςβοηθείαςPlu.Pomp.76:—Pass., to be dragged away, detached, separated from,τινόςPi.P.9.33, E.Alc.287, etc.; “ἐξ ἱροῦHdt.1.160; “ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶνTh.3.81; of a bone, to be torn off, Hp.Art.13; “ἀκρώμιον -σπασθένId.Mochl.6.
2. . τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, A. Supp.909.
4. . τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, X.HG1.3.17: abs., “ἀποσπάσαςhaving drawn off, Id.An.7.2.11:—Pass., of troops, to become separated or broken, Th.7.80, Plb.1.27.9.
5. withdraw, reclaim, POxy.496.9.
II. intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, Ael. NA10.48, Luc.Icar.11, D.C.56.22; and in X.An.1.5.3 the best Mss. give πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα (for ἀπέπτα φεύγουσα [στρουθός].
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (31):
    • Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, 909
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 824
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 962
    • Euripides, Alcestis, 287
    • Euripides, Hecuba, 277
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.91
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.160
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.17
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.159
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 22.24
    • Plato, Republic, 491b
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 1024
    • Sophocles, Electra, 809
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 866
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1268
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1432
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.81
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.80
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.5.3
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.2.11
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.3.17
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.27.9
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.26.8
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 13
    • New Testament, Acts, 20.30
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 76
    • Plutarch, Themistocles, 19
    • Lucian, Icaromenippus, 11
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 10.48
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 56.22
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