ἀποσπάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-σπάσω [ᾰ</b>], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[tear]] or [[drag away from]], τινός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1024</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 491b</span>, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">102</span>; ἀποσπάσας. . περόνας ἀπ' αὐτῆς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1268</span>; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>277</span>: rarely <b class="b3">ἀ. τινά τι</b> [[tear]] a thing [[from]] one, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 866</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τινά</b> [[tear]] him [[away]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.91</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τι τῆς λείας</b> [[detach]], [[abstract]] some of it, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.26.8</span>: metaph., ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1432</span>; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>809</span>; [[detach]], [[withdraw]], <b class="b3">πλήρωμα</b> a gang of labourers, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.129</span> (iii B.C.); τινὰ ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1125.9</span> (i B.C.), cf. infr. <span class="bibl">5</span>; μαθητάς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>20.30</span>; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>19</span>; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>962</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς</b> βοηθείας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>76</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be dragged away, detached, separated from</b>, τινός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.33</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>287</span>, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.160</span>; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν <span class="bibl">Th.3.81</span>; of a bone, to [[be torn off]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>13</span>; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν Id.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὰ κόμης</b> [[drag away]] by the hair, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>909</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. πύλας, θύρας</b>, [[tear off]] the gates, doors, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.17</span>, <span class="bibl">3.159</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα</b>] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>824</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον</b> [[draw off]], [[divert]] the army, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.3.17</span>: abs., ἀποσπάσας [[having drawn off]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>7.2.11</span>:—Pass., of troops, [[to become separated]] or [[broken]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.27.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[withdraw]], [[reclaim]], POxy.496.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ,</b> [[eunuch]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span>22.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr. (sc. <b class="b3">ἑαυτόν</b>), [[separate]] (i.e. [[be separated]]) [[from]], <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">NA</span>10.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Icar.</span>11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.56.22</span>; and in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.5.3</span> the best Mss. give <b class="b3">πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα</b> (for <b class="b3">ἀπέπτα</b>) <b class="b3"> φεύγουσα [στρουθός]</b>.</span>