Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary

ἀπό : from (a b).—I. adv. (here belong all examples of the so-called use ‘in tmesi’), off, away; ἡμῖν ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι, Il. 1.67; ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε, Il. 2.183, etc.; a subst. in the gen. (of separation) is often added to render more specific the relation of the adv., ἀπ᾽ ἰ̈χῶ χειρὸς ὀμόργνυ_, Il. 5.416; πολλόν γὰρ ἀπὸ πλυνοί εἰσι πόληος, Od. 6.40; thus preparing the way for the strict prepositional usage.—II. prep., w. gen., from, away from, denoting origin, starting-point, separation (distance); οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι παλαιφάτου, οὐδ᾽ άπὸ πέτρης, ‘sprung from’ tree or rock, Od. 19.163 ; ἀφ᾽ ἵππων ἆλτο χαμᾶζε, ‘from his car,’ Il. 16.733; so freq. ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, ἀπὸ νεῶν μάχεσθαι, where we say ‘on’; οὐκ ἀπὸ σκοποῦ οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης | μυ_θεῖται βασίλεια, ‘wide of,’ i. e. she hits the mark and meets our views, Od. 11.344 ; μένων ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο, ‘away from’ his wife, Il. 2.292; so ἀπ᾽ οὔατος, ἀπ̓ ὀφθαλμῶν; adverbial phrase, ἀπὸ σπουδης, ‘in earnest,’ Il. 12.237. The ‘temporal’ meaning commonly ascribed to ἀπὸ in Il. 8.54 is only implied, not expressed by the preposition.