A.stand aloof from, “τινός” A.Ch.826(lyr.), Fr.161, 301; “οὔκουν πάρος γε σῆς ἀπεστάτουν φρενός” S.Ant.993; μορφῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς οὐκ ἀπεστάτει was not far from . ., Id.OT743; fall off from, fail one, “κοὐκ ἀποστατῶ φίλων” Ar.Av.312; “βουλευτέον ὅπως μηδεὶς τῶν νῦν παρόντων ἀποστατήσει ἡμῶν συμμάχων” X.Cyr.4.5.24; “ἀ. τῶν ὄντων” to be absent from, Pl.Prm.144b, cf. Tht.205a.
2. of the soul, etc., fall away from the divine, Plot.5.1.5, 5.3.16.
II. abs., stand alocf, be absent, A.Ch.444(lyr.); ἑκάς, πρόσω ἀ., Id.Ag.1104(lyr.), Eu.65; “σμικρὸν ἀ.” Pl.Cra.428d.