ἀπαρτάω
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
A hang up: ἀ. δέρην strangle, E.Andr.412; swing freely, of a stone in a sling, Arist.Mech.852b1:—Pass., hang loose,X.Eq.10.9, Arist.Aud.802a38; ἀπό τινος πρός τι Id.GA740a29; ἔκ τινος Luc. Pisc.48; τινός Babr.17.2. 2 metaph., make dependent upon, ἀ. ἐλπίδας ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ Luc.Tim.36:—Med., make dependent on oneself, νόμοις τὸ πλῆθος Plu.CG8. II detach, separate, τὸν λόγον τῆς γραφῆς D.18.59, cf. Arist.Rh.1407a24:—Pass., ὥστε τὴν χώραν πολὺ τῆς πόλεως ἀπηρτῆσθαι Id.Pol.1319a34; ὁ πλεύμων . . πολὺ ἀπηρτημένος τῆς καρδίας Id.HA508a33; οἱ πόροι . . ἀπήρτηνται ἀλλήλων, opp. συμπίπτουσι, ib.495a18:—but that from which one is separated is often omitted, and the Pass. used absolutely, ἀπηρτημένοι καὶ ταῖς παρασκευαῖς καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις detached, D.4.12; συνεχεῖς καὶ οὐκ ἀπηρτημένοι not detached, Arist.HA509b13, cf. 506b19, al.; of Time, τοῖς καιροῖς οὐ μακρὰν ἀπηρτῆσθαι Plb.12.17.1, cf. Plu. TG3; λόγος ἀπηρτημένος discrepant, Str.7.3.2; λίαν ἀπηρτ. far different, Ph.1.300, cf. Phld.Rh.1.288 S. III intr. in Act., remove oneself, go away, ἐς ἀλλοτρίαν ἀπαρτᾶν Th.6.21, cf. D.C.40.15; to be away, distant, ἀπό τινος Id.51.4; πρὶν ἀπαρτηθῆναι 44.38 is perh. f.l. for ἀπαντ-.
