detach
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Untie: P. and V. 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).
