A.throw off, “ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε” Il.2.183, cf. 21.51; “ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος . . βαλεῖν” A.Ag.166: c. gen., throw off from, “ἀ. ὀμμάτων ὕπνον” E.Ba.692:—Med., throw off from oneself, cast off, “δύναμιν βασιλέως” And.3.29.
2. throw away, h.Merc.388, Hdt. 3.40, etc.; “ἀ. τὴν ἀσπίδα” Ar.V.22, And.1.74, Lys.10.9, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν πάρος ἀ. reject him, E.Tr.663, cf. Pl.Tht.151c, etc.; ἀ. τὰ κέρατα, τὰς ὁπλάς, cast, shed, Arist.HA500a10, 604a15,al.:—Med., Pl.Lg.802b; οὐδεὶς ἀ. ἑκών jettisons cargo, Arist.EN1110a9; “ἀ. τὸν φιλέοντα” Theoc.11.19; expose a child, Leg.Gort.4.9; despise, reject, Hp.Ep.10:—Pass., “ἀποβληθεὶς τῆς τυραννίδος” Plu.Comp.Dion.Brut. 3.
b. throw away, sell too cheap, X.Oec.20.28.
3. lose, “τὴν τυραννίδα” Hdt.1.60; τὰ πατρώια, τὸν στρατόν, τὴν κεφαλήν, Id.3.53, 8.65, al.; “βιοτάν” S.Fr.593; “τὴν οὐσίαν” Ar.Ec.811, Pl.Cri.44e, etc.; “ἱκανὸν μέρος τῶν ὄντων” Antipho 2.1.6, etc.; opp. κτᾶσθαι, Isoc. 6.57, Arist.Pol.1291b41; ἀ.δόξαν, τέχνην, Id.de An.428b5, Metaph. 1047a1, al.; “ἀ. τι ὑπό τινος” X.Smp.4.32; “ἀ. πολλοὺς τῶν στρατιωτῶν” Th.4.7; “τὸν εὐεργέταν” E.HF878:—in Med., “ἀγαθὸν πολίτην” SIG730.20 (Olbia).
b. Gramm., drop a letter, etc., A.D.Pron.36.21, al.
4. degrade, Pl.Lg.630d.
