detach

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Untie: P. and V. λύειν.

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).