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ἐξαφαιρέομαι

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

French (Bailly abrégé)

-οῦμαι;
f. ἐξαφαιρήσομαι, ao.2 ἐξαφελόμην;
ôter, enlever : ψυχήν τινος OD ôter la vie à qqn.
Étymologie: ἐξ, ἀφαιρέω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐξαφαιρέομαι: отнимать, вырывать, похищать (ψυχήν τινος Hom.; τι Soph.): φρενῶν τὸν νοῦν ἐ. Eur. лишать рассудка.