retire

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verb transitive

retreat: P. and V. ἀναχωρεῖν (Euripides, Phoenissae 730; Rhesus 775), ὑποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἐπαναχωρεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖν, P. ἀνάγειν (Xen.), ἐπανάγειν (Xen.); see withdraw.

retire slowly: Ar. and P. ὑπάγειν.

depart: P. and V. ἀπέρχεσθαι, ἀποχωρεῖν, P. ἀποκομίζεσθαι, V. μεθίστασθαι, ἀφέρπειν; see depart.

retire from (a task, office, etc.): P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.); see resign.

when you made Iphicrites retire from the command: P. ἐπειδὴ τὸν Ἰφικράτην ἀποστράτηγον ἐποιήσατε (Dem. 669).