detach
From LSJ
Τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδένα → There is no sense in doing things beyond the usual measure
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
detach from main body: P. ἀποχωρίζειν.
detach from an alliance: P. ἀφιστάναι, παρασπᾶσθαι.
thinking the only safely lay in detaching Tissaphernes for them from the Peloponnesians: P. νομίζων μόνην σωτηρίαν εἰ Τισσαφέρνην αὐτοῖς μεταστήσειεν ἀπὸ Πελοποννησίων (Thuc. 8, 81).
separate off: P. ἀφορίζεσθαι; see separate.
be detached (parted) from: V. ἀποζυγῆναι (gen.) (2nd aor. pass. ἀποζευγνύναι).