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ἀποστατέω

ἀποστατέω, to stand aloof from, depart from, be far from

ἀπο-στᾰτέω,
  • stand aloof from, τινός A. Ch. 826 (lyr.), Fr. 161, 301; οὔκουν πάρος γε σῆς ἀπεστάτουν φρενός S. Ant. 993; μορφῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς οὐκ ἀπεστάτει was not far from . ., Id. OT 743; fall off from, fail one, κοὐκ ἀποστατῶ φίλων Ar. Av. 312; βουλευτέον ὅπως μηδεὶς τῶν νῦν παρόντων ἀποστατήσει ἡμῶν συμμάχων X. Cyr. 4.5.24; ἀ. τῶν ὄντων to be absent from, Pl. Prm. 144b, cf. Tht. 205a.
      • 2 of the soul, etc., fall away from the divine, Plot. 5.1.5, 5.3.16.
    • II abs., stand aloof, be absent, A. Ch. 444 (lyr.); ἑκάς, πρόσω ἀ., Id. Ag. 1104 (lyr.), Eu. 65; σμικρὸν ἀ. Pl. Cra. 428d.

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