ἀμέρδω
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], fut.
A -σω Orph.L.169: aor. ἤμερσα, poet. ἄμ- (v. infr.):— Pass., aor. ἠμέρθην (v. infr.).—Ep., rarely in Trag., never in Att. Prose:—deprive, bereave one of something properly belonging to one, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, ὀφθαλμῶν μὲν ἄμερσε Od.8.64 (v. l.); εὖτ' ἂν δὴ Κύκνον γλυκερῆς αἰῶνος ἀμέρσῃς Hes.Sc.331, cf. Simon.117; εἰ μὴ στάσις . . σ' ἄμερσε πάτρας Pi.O.12.16: also c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, τιμὴν ἤμερσεν Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντας h.Cer.312: also c. acc. et dat., ὀφθαλμῶν σέλας ἤμερσε βροτοῖσιν Man.6.550:—Pass., to be bereft of, φίλης αἰῶνος ἀμερθῇς Il.22.58; οὐδέ τι δαιτὸς ἀμέρδεαι Od.21.290; τὸ ἧπαρ τῆς ἐκροῆς ἀμερθέν Aret.CA2.6, cf. Hierocl.in CA24p.470M.: rarely c. acc. rei, ἂν . . καρπὸν ἀμερθῶσι Thphr.HP9.8.2. 2 c. acc. pers. only, bereave of natural rights, τὸν ὁμοῖον ἀμέρσαι Il.16.53; ὄσσε δ' ἄμερδεν αὐγὴ χαλκείη blinded the eyes, ib.13.340, cf. Hes.Th.698; ἔντεα πατρὸς καλά, τὰ . . καπνὸς ἀμέρδει robs of their lustre, tarnishes, Od.19.18. 3 Act. in pass. sense, lose, βίον E.Hec.1027 (lyr.). II later, = ἀμέργω, pluck, λειμώνιον ἄνθος ἀμέρσας (cj. Scalig.) AP7.657 (Leon.). (ἀ- euph., cf. μέρδει.)
