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|Definition=—Pass., <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἀποστερηθήσομαι Lys.12.70, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in D.1.22; also [[ἀποστερήσομαι]] E.''HF''137(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; <b class="b3">ἀπεστερηκὼς ὑπ' ἀνάγκης</b> being constrained to [[become a defaulter]], Pl.''Phdr.''241b; συνέστιον ὧν ἔκγονον ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἀπεστέρηκε γίγνεσθαι Id.''Lg.''868d:—Pass., to [[be robbed]] or [[be 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 [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.12, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">εἰ δ' ἀπεστερήμεθα</b> if we have been [[frustrate]]d, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 782.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος</b> [[detach]], [[withdraw]] oneself [[from]] a person or thing, τῶν [ἀγαλμάτων].. ἀπεστέρησ' ἐμαυτόν Id.''OT''1381; οὐκ ἀποστερῶν γε τῶν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτὸν οὐδενός Antipho 5.78; ἄλλου ἑαυτὸν ἀ. Th.1.40; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ φρονεῖν Crobyl.3; <b class="b3">ἐκείνους.. ἀ. μὴ ἂν.. ἀποτειχίσαι</b> [[deprive]] them of the power of walling off, Th.7.6:—reversely, ἀ. τὸν ἔλεον ἑαυτοῦ Plu.''Aem.''26, cf.''Dem.''4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c.acc.pers., [[defraud]], [[rob]], Hdt.7.155, Ar.''Pl.''373, ''1 Ep.Cor.''6.7, etc.; θεούς Pl.''Lg.'' 917d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. acc. rei only, [[filch away]], S.''Ph.''931; [[withhold]], A.''Pr.'' 777, S.''OT''323, Ar.''Nu.''1305; [[refuse payment]] of a [[debt]], D.21.44, etc.; [[refuse to give up]], παρακαταθήκην Arist.''Rh.''1383b21; <b class="b3">Ζεὺς ἀποστεροίη γάμον</b> [[may]] he [[avert]] it, A.''Supp.''1063(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">τὸ σαφές μ' ἀποστερεῖ</b> [[certainty]] [[fail]]s me, E.''Hel.''577.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[draw a negative conclusion]], Arist.''APr.''44b23. ([[ἀποστέρω]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Isoc.12.243.)