ἀποβάλλω
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
English (LSJ)
fut. -βαλῶ,
A throw off, ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε Il.2.183, cf. 21.51; ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος . . βαλεῖν A.Ag.166: c. gen., throw off from, ἀ. ὀμμάτων ὕπνον E.Ba.692:—Med., throw off from oneself, cast off, δύναμιν βασιλέως And.3.29. 2 throw away, h.Merc.388, Hdt. 3.40, etc.; ἀ. τὴν ἀσπίδα Ar.V.22, And.1.74, Lys.10.9, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν πάρος ἀ. reject him, E.Tr.663, cf. Pl.Tht.151c, etc.; ἀ. τὰ κέρατα, τὰς ὁπλάς, cast, shed, Arist.HA500a10, 604a15,al.:—Med., Pl.Lg.802b; οὐδεὶς ἀ. ἑκών jettisons cargo, Arist.EN1110a9; ἀ. τὸν φιλέοντα Theoc.11.19; expose a child, Leg.Gort.4.9; despise, reject, Hp.Ep.10:—Pass., ἀποβληθεὶς τῆς τυραννίδος Plu.Comp.Dion.Brut. 3. b throw away, sell too cheap, X.Oec.20.28. 3 lose, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt.1.60; τὰ πατρώια, τὸν στρατόν, τὴν κεφαλήν, Id.3.53, 8.65, al.; βιοτάν S.Fr.593; τὴν οὐσίαν Ar.Ec.811, Pl.Cri.44e, etc.; ἱκανὸν μέρος τῶν ὄντων Antipho 2.1.6, etc.; opp. κτᾶσθαι, Isoc. 6.57, Arist.Pol.1291b41; ἀ.δόξαν, τέχνην, Id.de An.428b5, Metaph. 1047a1, al.; ἀ. τι ὑπό τινος X.Smp.4.32; ἀ. πολλοὺς τῶν στρατιωτῶν Th.4.7; τὸν εὐεργέταν E.HF878:—in Med., ἀγαθὸν πολίτην SIG730.20 (Olbia). b Gramm., drop a letter, etc., A.D.Pron.36.21, al. 4 degrade, Pl.Lg.630d.
