ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life
v. trans.
P. and V. ἐλευθεροῦν, ἀφιέναι, ἐκλύειν, or mid., ἀπολύειν (Eur., Or. 1236), ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπαλλάσσειν (pass. in Thuc.). Help in liberating: P. συνελευθεροῦν (acc.).