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|Definition=—Pass., fut. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -στερηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Lys.12.70</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">D.1.22</span>; also -στερήσομαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>137</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.6.91</span>, <span class="bibl">D.24.210</span>; ἀποστεροῦμαι <span class="bibl">And.1.149</span>: pf. [[ἀπεστέρημαι]], etc.:—[[rob]], [[despoil]], [[defraud]] one [[of]] a thing, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, χρημάτων ἀ. τινά <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.έ; τὸν πατέρα τῆς τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1605</span>; τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Antipho4.1.6</span>: c. acc. pers. et rei, μή μ' ἀποστερήσῃς ἡδονάν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1276</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.8.43</span>, etc.: abs., [[commit fraud]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>487</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπεστερηκὼς ὑπ' ἀνάγκης</b> being constrained to [[become a defaulter]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>241b</span>; συνέστιον ὧν ἔκγονον ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἀπεστέρηκε γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>868d</span>:—Pass., to [[be robbed]] or [[deprived of]], c. gen., Ἑλλάδος ἀπεστερημένος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>; σοῦ τ' ἀπεστερημένη καὶ πατρός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>813</span>; ἡδονῶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1072</span>; ἁπάντων ἂν ἀπεστερήμην <span class="bibl">D.21.106</span>: c. acc., ἵππους ἀπεστέρηνται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.12</span>, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">εἰ δ' ἀπεστερήμεθα</b> if we [[have been frustrated]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 782</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος</b> [[detach]], [[withdraw]] oneself [[from]] a person or thing, τῶν [ἀγαλμάτων] . . ἀπεστέρησ' ἐμαυτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1381</span>; οὐκ ἀποστερῶν γε τῶν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτὸν οὐδενός <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.78</span>; ἄλλου ἑαυτὸν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.40</span>; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ φρονεῖν <span class="bibl">Crobyl.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκείνους . . ἀ. μὴ ἂν . . ἀποτειχίσαι</b> [[deprive]] them [[of]] the power of walling off, <span class="bibl">Th.7.6</span>:—reversely, ἀ. τὸν ἔλεον ἑαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span>26</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Dem.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c.acc.pers., [[defraud]], [[rob]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.155</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>373</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>6.7</span>, etc.; θεούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 917d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. acc. rei only, [[filch away]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>931</span>; [[withhold]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 777</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>323</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1305</span>; [[refuse payment]] of a debt, <span class="bibl">D.21.44</span>, etc.; [[refuse to give up]], παρακαταθήκην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1383b21</span>; <b class="b3">Ζεὺς ἀποστεροίη γάμον</b> [[may]] he [[avert]]it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1063</span>(lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">τὸ σαφές μ' ἀποστερεῖ</b> certainty [[fails]] me, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>577</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[draw a negative conclusion]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>44b23</span>. ([[ἀποστέρω]] is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.243</span>.)</span>