detach

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verb transitive

untie: P. and V. λύω, 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).