I.to make unseen, hide from sight, Xen., Thuc., etc.
2.to do away with, remove, ἄχος Soph.; ἀφ. τινὰ πόλεος to carry off one from the city, Eur.; ἀφ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών to disappear into the temple, Ar.:—of state criminals, to remove from sight, make away with, Hdt., Xen.: Pass. to be concealed or suppressed, Thuc.
3.to destroy utterly, rase to the ground, erase writing, id=Thuc., Dem.: to obliterate traces, Xen.
4.to obliterate, tarnish one's good name, Thuc., Plat.:—but in good sense, ἀφ. ἀγαθῶι κακόν to wipe out ill deeds by good, Thuc.; δύσκλειαν id=Thuc.
6.to make away with property, Aeschin., Dem.
II.Pass. to become unseen, to disappear, Hdt., Soph.; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt.; or, lost at sea, Thuc., Xen.