ἀποστερέω

English (LSJ)

—Pass., fut.

   A -στερηθήσομαι Lys.12.70, v.l. in D.1.22; also -στερήσομαι E.HF137(lyr.), Th.6.91, D.24.210; ἀποστεροῦμαι And.1.149: pf. ἀπεστέρημαι, etc.:—rob, despoil, defraud one of a thing, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, χρημάτων ἀ. τινά Hdt.5.92.έ; τὸν πατέρα τῆς τυραννίδος Ar.Av.1605; τῆς ψυχῆς Antipho4.1.6: c. acc. pers. et rei, μή μ' ἀποστερήσῃς ἡδονάν S.El.1276(lyr.), cf. Antipho 3.3.2, X.An.7.6.9, Is.8.43, etc.: abs., commit fraud, Ar.Nu.487; ἀπεστερηκὼς ὑπ' ἀνάγκης being constrained to become a defaulter, Pl.Phdr.241b; συνέστιον ὧν ἔκγονον ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἀπεστέρηκε γίγνεσθαι Id.Lg.868d:—Pass., to be robbed or deprived of, c. gen., Ἑλλάδος ἀπεστερημένος Hdt.3.130; σοῦ τ' ἀπεστερημένη καὶ πατρός S.El.813; ἡδονῶν Ar.Nu.1072; ἁπάντων ἂν ἀπεστερήμην D.21.106: c. acc., ἵππους ἀπεστέρηνται X.Cyr.6.1.12, etc.: abs., εἰ δ' ἀπεστερήμεθα if we have been frustrated, S.Aj. 782.    2 ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος detach, withdraw oneself from a person or thing, τῶν [ἀγαλμάτων] . . ἀπεστέρησ' ἐμαυτόν Id.OT1381; οὐκ ἀποστερῶν γε τῶν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτὸν οὐδενός Antipho 5.78; ἄλλου ἑαυτὸν ἀ. Th.1.40; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ φρονεῖν Crobyl.3; ἐκείνους . . ἀ. μὴ ἂν . . ἀποτειχίσαι deprive them of the power of walling off, Th.7.6:—reversely, ἀ. τὸν ἔλεον ἑαυτοῦ Plu.Aem.26, cf.Dem.4.    3 c.acc.pers., defraud, rob, Hdt.7.155, Ar.Pl.373, 1 Ep.Cor.6.7, etc.; θεούς Pl.Lg. 917d.    4 c. acc. rei only, filch away, S.Ph.931; withhold, A.Pr. 777, S.OT323, Ar.Nu.1305; refuse payment of a debt, D.21.44, etc.; refuse to give up, παρακαταθήκην Arist.Rh.1383b21; Ζεὺς ἀποστεροίη γάμον may he avertit, A.Supp.1063(lyr.).    5 τὸ σαφές μ' ἀποστερεῖ certainty fails me, E.Hel.577.    II in Logic, draw a negative conclusion, Arist.APr.44b23. (ἀποστέρω is f.l. in Isoc.12.243.)