ἀποσπάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. ἀποσπάσω [ᾰ],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tear away from]] or [[drag away from]], τινός [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1024, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 491b, etc.; ἀποσπάω τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων Hdt.3.1, cf. 102; ἀποσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ' αὐτῆς S.''OT''1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς E.''Hec.''277: rarely <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω τινά τι</b> [[tear]] a thing [[from]] one, S.''OC'' 866; <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω τινά</b> [[tear]] him [[away]], Hdt.6.91; <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω τι τῆς λείας</b> [[detach]], [[abstract]] some of it, Plb.2.26.8: metaph., ἀποσπάω τινὰ ἐλπίδος S.''OT''1432; and reversely also [[ἀποσπάω]] τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων Id.''El.''809; [[detach]], [[withdraw]], [[πλήρωμα]] a gang of labourers, ''PPetr.''3p.129 (iii B.C.); τινὰ ἀπό τινος ''BGU''1125.9 (i B.C.), cf. infr. 5; μαθητάς ''Act.Ap.''20.30; ἀποσπάω πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης Plu.''Them.''19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά Ar.''Ra.''962:—Med., <b class="b3">τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς</b> βοηθείας Plu.''Pomp.''76:—Pass., to [[be dragged away]], [[be detached]], [[be separated from]], τινός Pi.''P.''9.33, E.''Alc.''287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ Hdt.1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν Th.3.81; of a bone, to [[be torn off]], Hp.''Art.''13; ἀκρώμιον ἀποσπασθέν Id.''Mochl.''6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω τινὰ κόμης</b> [[drag away]] by the hair, A. ''Supp.''909.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω πύλας, ἀποσπάω θύρας</b>, [[tear off]] the [[gate]]s, doors, Hdt.1.17, 3.159, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα]</b> Ar.''Ra.''824.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀποσπάω τὸ στρατόπεδον</b> [[draw off]], [[divert]] the [[army]], X.''HG''1.3.17: abs., [[ἀποσπάσας]] [[having drawn off]], Id.''An.''7.2.11:—Pass., of troops, to [[become separated]] or [[become broken]], Th.7.80, Plb.1.27.9.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[withdraw]], [[reclaim]], POxy.496.9.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[ἀπεσπασμένος]], ὁ, [[eunuch]], [[LXX]] ''Le.''22.24.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἑαυτόν]]), [[separate]] (i.e. [[be separated]]) [[from]], Ael. ''NA''10.48, Luc.''Icar.''11, D.C.56.22; and in X.''An.''1.5.3 the best Mss. give <b class="b3">πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα</b> (for [[ἀπέπτα]]) <b class="b3"> φεύγουσα [στρουθός]</b>.