A.send off or away from, “μή μ᾽ . . τῆσδ᾽ ἀποστείλητε γῆς” S.El.71, cf. E.Med.281; “τῆσδ᾽ ἀ. χθονός” Id.Cyc.468; “ἔξω χθονός” Id.Ph.485; “ἐκ τῆς πόλεως” Pl.R.607b; send away, banish, “τὰ δίκαια” S.Ph.450; “τινά” E.Hec. 731:—Pass., go away, depart, S.OT115; “ἀποστέλλου χθονός” E.Supp. 582; “δόμων . . τῶν ἐμῶν ἀπεστάλης” Id.Hel.660; “φυγὰς ἀποσταλείς” Id.Ph.319(lyr.); “πρὸς σὲ δεῦρ᾽ ἀπεστάλην” Id.IT1409.
II. dispatch, on some mission or service, S.Ph.125,1297, etc.; freq. of messengers or forces, Hdt.1.46,123; “νέας ἐπὶ χώρην” Id.7.235, cf. 8.64; “στρατὸν παρά τινα” Id.5.32; “ναῦς αὐτοῖς ἀ. βοηθούς” Th.1.45: also “ἀ. ἀποικίην” Hdt.4.150; οἰκιστάς (as a form of banishment), Arist.Pol.1306b31; “πρεσβείαν” Th.3.28; “ἀγγέλους” X.An.2.1.5, etc.; “ἀπαρχὴν εἰς Δελφούς” Arist.Fr.485:—Pass., c. inf., “οἱ ἀποσταλέντες στρατεύεσθαι” Id.3.26, cf. 5.33; “ἀποσταλθέντες” GDI5186.4(Cret.).
III. put off, doff, “θαἰμάτια” Ar.Lys.1084.