A.Causal in pres. and imperf., in fut. ἀποστήσω, aor1 ἀπέστησα, as also in aor1 mid.:— to put away, remove, c. acc., Aesch., etc.; ἀφ. τινὰ λόγου to hinder from speech, Eur.; ἀφ. τὴν ἐπιβουλήν to frustrate it, Thuc.; ἀφ. τὸν ἄρχοντα to depose him, Xen.; so in aor1 mid., δόρυ πυλῶν ἀπεστήσασθε removed war from your own gates, Eur.
2.to make to revolt, move to revolt, Hdt., Thuc.
II.to weigh out, Xen.:—aor1 mid., ἀποστήσασθαι χρεῖος to weigh out or pay the debt in full, Il.; ἀποστήσασθαι τὸν χαλκόν to have the money weighed out to one, Dem.
B.intr., in Pass., as also in aor2 act. ἀπέστην, imperat. ἀπόστηθι, ἀπόστα, perf. ἀφέστηκα in pres. sense, syncop. pl. ἀφέσταμεν, -στατε, -στᾶσι, inf. ἀφεστάναι, part. ἀφεστώς, -ῶσα, -ός or -ώς: fut. mid. ἀποστήσομαι: aor1 ἀπεστάθην [α]:— to stand away or aloof from, keep far from, c. gen., Hom., attic; μακρὰν τόποις καὶ χρόνοις ἀφ. Diod.; ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν to lose one's wits, Soph.; ἀφ. πραγμάτων to withdraw from business, Dem., etc.
3.ἀφ. τινός τινι to give up a thing to another, Dem.; hence, ἀφ. τινι to make way for him, give way to him, Eur.; c. inf. to shrink from doing, id=Eur.
4.absol. to stand aloof, Il., attic
