dispossess
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.
Drive out: P. and V. ἐκβάλλειν, ἐξωθεῖν, ἐξελαύνειν.
Deprive: P. and V. ἀφαιρεῖν (τινί τι), ἀφαιρεῖσθαι (τινά τι); see deprive.
Drive from one's home: P. and V. ἐξοικίζειν.
Dispossess (of office): P. ἀπαλλάσσειν (Thuc. 1, 129); see depose.
Being now dispossessed, she will fret over her fate with inward brooding: ἀπολαχοῦσα νῦν αὐτὴ καθʼ αὑτὴν τὴν τύχην οἴσει πικρῶς (Eur., Ion, 609).
