ἄπ-ειμι (1), fut. ἀπεσσεῖται, ἀπέσσεται, pres. subj. ἀπέῃσι, ipf. ἀπέην,
ἄπεσαν: be (distant)
from (τινός), be
absent, wanting;
τόσσον ἀπῆν ὅσον τε γέγωνε βοήσα_ς,
Od. 5.400; σοὶ
δ᾽ ὁδὸς οὐκέτι δηρὸν ἀπέσσεται, ‘you shall
not have to wait much longer for the journey,’
Od. 2.285.