Strong G575ἀπό
away from
- Transliteration
- apo
- Pronunciation
- apo'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
A primary particle;
off that is away (from something near) in various senses (of place time or relation; literally or figuratively): - (X here-) after ago at because of before by (the space of) for (-th) from in (out) of off (up-) on (-ce) since with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation departure 6
cessation completion 6
reversal etc.
off that is away (from something near) in various senses (of place time or relation; literally or figuratively): - (X here-) after ago at because of before by (the space of) for (-th) from in (out) of off (up-) on (-ce) since with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation departure 6
cessation completion 6
reversal etc.
Detailed definition
ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146),
prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ,בְּ,מִן;]
from (i.e. from the exterior).
1. Of separation and cessation;
__(1) of motion from a place: Mat.5:29, 30 7:23, Luk.5:2 22:41, al.;
__(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Mat.9:16 27:21, Jhn.21:10, Act.5:2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;
__(3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Rom.9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Col.2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2Th.2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Act.20:26, 2Co.7:1, Heb.9:14;
__(4) of position, Mat.23:34 24:31, al.; after μακράν, Mat.8:30; transposed before measures of distance, Jhn.10:18 21:8, Rev.14:20 (Abbott, JG, 227);
__(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Mat.9:22, Jhn.19:27, Act.20:18, Php.1:5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luk.1:70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Mat.19:4, Rom.1:20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2Ti.3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luk.7:45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luk.1:48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Mat.4:17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2Co.8:10 9:2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Act.28:23;
__(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Mat.2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Mat.1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Ju 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Act.8:10, Heb.8:11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Mat.20:8, Jhn.8:9, Act.8:35, al.
2. Of origin;
__(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,
__(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Mat.21:11, Mrk.15:43, Jhn.1:45, Act.10:38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Heb.13:24;
__(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Act.12:1, al.;
__(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Mat.3:4 27:21;
__(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luk.11:50, 51 1Th.2:6 (Milligan, in l.);
__(2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Mat.7:16 11:29, Luk.22:45, Act.2:22 4:36 9:13 12:14, 1Co.11:23, Gal.3:2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luk.19:3 (cf. Jhn.21:6, Act.22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Mat.14:26, al. (cf. Mat.10:26 13:44).
3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Rev.21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2Th.1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Mat.18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Rev.1:4.
4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see
(AS)
prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ,בְּ,מִן;]
from (i.e. from the exterior).
1. Of separation and cessation;
__(1) of motion from a place: Mat.5:29, 30 7:23, Luk.5:2 22:41, al.;
__(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Mat.9:16 27:21, Jhn.21:10, Act.5:2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;
__(3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Rom.9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Col.2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2Th.2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Act.20:26, 2Co.7:1, Heb.9:14;
__(4) of position, Mat.23:34 24:31, al.; after μακράν, Mat.8:30; transposed before measures of distance, Jhn.10:18 21:8, Rev.14:20 (Abbott, JG, 227);
__(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Mat.9:22, Jhn.19:27, Act.20:18, Php.1:5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luk.1:70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Mat.19:4, Rom.1:20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2Ti.3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luk.7:45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luk.1:48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Mat.4:17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2Co.8:10 9:2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Act.28:23;
__(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Mat.2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Mat.1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Ju 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Act.8:10, Heb.8:11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Mat.20:8, Jhn.8:9, Act.8:35, al.
2. Of origin;
__(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,
__(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Mat.21:11, Mrk.15:43, Jhn.1:45, Act.10:38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Heb.13:24;
__(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Act.12:1, al.;
__(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Mat.3:4 27:21;
__(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luk.11:50, 51 1Th.2:6 (Milligan, in l.);
__(2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Mat.7:16 11:29, Luk.22:45, Act.2:22 4:36 9:13 12:14, 1Co.11:23, Gal.3:2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luk.19:3 (cf. Jhn.21:6, Act.22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Mat.14:26, al. (cf. Mat.10:26 13:44).
3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Rev.21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2Th.1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Mat.18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Rev.1:4.
4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G575 appears in 616 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- from378
- of151
- out17
- since11
- for10
- at8
- by8
- off8
- in6
- be5
- with4
- forth3
First verses
- Matthew 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
- Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Matthew 1:24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 3:13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Matthew 7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- ἀποψύχωto faintG674
- ἀποσυνάγωγοςexcommunicatedG656
- ἀπολαμβάνωto get backG618
- ἀποπλανάωto misleadG635
- ἀπαιτέωto demandG523
- ἀπαρχήfirstfruitsG536
- ἀπαλλοτριόωto alienateG526
- ἀποφθέγγομαιto declareG669
- ἀποδίδωμιto payG591
- ἀπωθέωto rejectG683
- ἀποφορτίζομαιto unloadG670
- ἀπεκδύομαιto take offG554
- ἀφορμήopportunityG874
- ἀπολείχωto lickG621
- ἀπολύτρωσιςredemptionG629
- ἀποτάσσωto leaveG657
- ἀποτίθημιto put asideG659
- ἀποστοματίζωto interrogateG653
- ἀποστυγέωto abhorG655
- ἀπολύωto release: releaseG630G
- ἀποστερέωto defraudG650
- ἀπόχρησιςusing upG671
- ἀπαρτίhenceforthG534
- ἀποτελέωto completeG658
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπό,
Aeolic dialect, Thess., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 5th c.AD: Cypria ἀπύ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 44, compare 78, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.16, “IG” 12(2).6.45 (Mytil.), ἀπυδόμεναι [prev. work]9(2).594 (from Larissa), 5(2).6 (from Tegea))], etc.:—preposition usually with Gen. but see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] (Cf. Sanskrit
A ápa, Latin ab, Umbr. ap-ehtre 'ab extra', Gothic af, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] af, cef, of, etc.) Orig. sense, from. [ᾰπο?~X: where ἀπο ¯ is found in Epic dialect before see or liquids (as ἀπὸ ἕθεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.62, ἀπὸ νευρῆς 11.664, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 409) ἀπαί)] was sometimes written in later texts,[Refs (compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 625.11:)] — ᾱ for the sake of meter in _Epic dialect_ compounds, such as ἀπονέεσθαι.]
A.I OF PLACE, the earliest, and in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus the prevailing sense:)]
A.I.1 of Motion, from, away from, ἐσσεύοντο νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.208)]; pleonastic, ἀ. Τροίηθεν[LXX+8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 24.492; ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν 8.365 (later with _adverbs_, ἀπὸ ἔμπροσθεν LXX.Eccl.1.10, etc.); strengthened, ἐκτὸς ἀ. κλισιης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.151)]; also ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο, implying departure from life, [Refs ([prev. work] 24.725)]; opposed to ἐξ, of relatively superficial motion, λαμβάνομεν οὔτε ἐκ τῆς γῆς οὐδέν, οὔτ᾽ ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκιῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.2)]; similarly of the cause or ground, ἐξ ὧν προηγώνισθε καὶ ἀφ᾽ ὧν εἰκάζω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126)]:— frequently of warriors fighting from chariots, etc., οἱ μὲν ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, οἱ δ᾽ ἀ. νηῶν.. μάχοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.386; ἀφ᾽ ἵππων μάρνασθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.49; so ἡ μάχη ἦν ἀφ᾽ ἵππων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79)]; λαμπὰς ἔσται ἀφ᾽ ἵππων on horseback, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328a; ἀφ᾽ ἵππου θηρεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.7; ἀ. νεῶν πεζομαχεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.62; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶν αἰρόμενος τοὺς ἱστοὺς ἀ. τούτων ἐσκοπεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.29)]; ὀμμάτων ἄπο.. κατέσταζον γένυν, of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 240: joined with ἐκ, ἐκ Κορίνθου ἀ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142a.)]
A.I.2 of Position, away from, far from, μένων ἀ. ἧς ἀλόχοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.292 (compare ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς εἶναι)] to live apart from a man or husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4); κεκρυμμένος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.110; μοῦνος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 193)]; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν, ἀπ᾽ οὔατος, far from sight or hearing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.53, 18.272, compare 22.454; ἀ. θαλάσσης ᾠκίσθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, compare 46; αὐλίζεσθαι ἀ. τῶν ὅπλων [prev. author] 6.64; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου εἶναι [prev. author] 1.99)]; σπεύδειν ἀ. ῥυτῆρος far from, i.e. without using the rein, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 900; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently strengthened, τῆλε ἀ..., νόσφιν ἀ..., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.880, 5.322)]; in measurement of distances, ὅσον ιέ στάδια ἀ. Φυλῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.4, etc.)]; but later the numeral follows ἀ., πηγὰς ἔχων ἀ. μ σταδίων τῆς θαλάσσης[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.56; ἀ. σταδίων κ τῆς πόλεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 4)]; κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἀ. ν σταδίων fifty stades away, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Oth.” 11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 17.17.)]
A.I.3 of the mind, ἀ. θυμοῦ away from, i. e. alien from, my heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.562; ἀ. δόξης 10.324; οὐ.. ἀ. σκοποῦ οὐδ᾽ ἀ. δόξης 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.344; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τρόπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]; οὐδὲν ἀ. τρόπου not without reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470b)]; οὐκ ἀ. σκοποῦ, καιροῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 179c, 187e; οὐκ ἀ. γνώμης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 389; οὐκ ἀ. τοῦ πράγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.6; μάλα πολλὸν ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος ἔπλετο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.863.)]
A.I.4 in pregnant sense, with Verbs of rest, previous motion being implied (compare ἐκ), ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἐβόασεν.. ἀ. πέτρας σταθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 523)]; ἀ.τῆς ἐμῆς κεφαλῆς τὴν [ἐκείνου] κεφαλὴν ἀναδήσω, i. e. taking the chaplet off my head, and placing it on his, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 212e: with Verbs of hanging, where ἐκ)] is more common, ἁψαμένη βρόχον ἀ. μελάθρου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.278.)]
A.I.5 with the Article, where the sense of motion often disappears, οἱ ἀ. τῶν οἰκιῶν φεύγουσιν, i.e. οἱ ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις φεύγουσιν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23)]; οἱ ἀ. τῶν πύργων.. ἐπαρήξουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 6.4.18; αἴρειν τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410b)]; αἱ ἵπποι αἱ ἀ. τοῦ ἅρματος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8; ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ὁ ἀ. τοῦ στρατεύματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.19; τὸν ἀ. γραμμᾶς κινεῖ λίθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.18.)]
A.I.6 partitive, λαχὼν ἀ. ληΐδος αἶσαν part taken from the booty, a share of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.40; αἴρεσθαι ἀ. τῶν καλπίδων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 539; ἀ. ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι παίδων εἷς μοῦνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27; ὀλίγοι ἀ. πολλῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1023.)]
A.I.7 in Mathematics texts, of figures described upon a base, κῶνον ἀναγράφειν ἀ. κύκλου[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.19, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ. τῆς AB τετράγωνον the square on AB, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.47, compare 48)]; εἴδεα ἀ... [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 10, 11.)]
A.I.8 ἀ. ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός man and woman, [LXX (LXX.1Esd.9.40)]; ἀ. ἀρσενικοῦ ἕως θηλυκοῦ [prev. work] LXX.Num.5.3.
A.I.9 from being, instead of, ἀθανάταν ἀ. θνατᾶς.. ἐποίησας Βερενίκαν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.106.)]
A.I.10 privative, free from, without, ἀ. πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 16.19 (2nd c.AD))]; ἀ. ζημίας[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb” 420.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
A.II OF TIME, from, after, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.54 ἀ. δείπνου θωρήσσοντο)] rising up from, i.e. after,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133)]; ἀ. δείπνου εἶναι or γενέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, 2.78, 5.18, +others; ἀ. τοῦ σιτίου πίνειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὑγιεινῆς” 5; ἀ. τῶν σίτων διαπονεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8)]; in narrative, τὸ ἀ. τούτου or το̄δε, from this point onwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4, 2.99; ἀ. τούτου τοῦ χρόνου [prev. author] 1.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.8; τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 25; ἡμέρῃ δεκάτῃ ἀφ᾽ ἧς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, etc.; δευτέρῃ ἡμέρῃ ἀ. τῆς ἐμπρήσιος [prev. author] 8.55, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.18, etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνου [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.2.13)]; more often ἀπ᾽ or ἀφ᾽ οὗ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 177; ἀφ᾽ ἧς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 15)]; εὐθὺς ἀ. παλαιοῦ, ἀ. τοῦ πάνυ ἀρχαίου, of olden time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 2.15; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχᾶς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.25, etc.; ἀ. γενεᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8)]; ἀφ᾽ ἑσπέρας from the beginning of evening, i.e. at eventide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29)]; ἀ. πρώτου ὕπνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 43; ἀ. μέσων νυκτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 218)]; ἀπ᾽ ἀγροῦ fresh from field-work, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Mark.15.21, compare 7.4; ἀ. νουμηνίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.23)]; χρονίζειν ἀ. τοῦ καιροῦ tarry beyond the time, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.20.5)]; ἀ. τέλους ἐννέα μηνῶν at the end of..,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 24.8; γενόμενος ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 5: hence ἀ. ἀγωνοθετῶν an εχ-ἀγωνοθέτης, “IG” 3.398; ἀ. λογιστῶν “POxy.” 1103.3 (4th c.AD))]; οἱ ἀ. ὑπατείας, = consulares, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.1.9, etc.)]; but ἀ. τινος the freedman of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).50.59(Tegea, 2nd c.AD), compare[prev. work]5(1).1391 (from Andania), 1473.)]
A.III OF ORIGIN, CAUSE, etc.:
A.III.1 of that from which one is born, οὐ γὰρ ἀ. δρυός ἐσσι οὐδ᾽ ἀ. πέτρης not sprung from oak or rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.163; γίγνονται δ᾽ ἄρα ταί γ᾽ ἔκ τε κρηνέων ἀ. τ᾽ ἀλσέων 10.350, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 415, “OC” 571, etc.: sometimes ἀπό denotes remote, and ἐκ)] immediate, descent, τοὺς μὲν ἀ. θεῶν, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν θεῶν γεγονότας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.81, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.150; πέμπτη ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γέννα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 853)]; τρίτος ἀ. Διός third in descent from Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391c)]; οἱ ἀ. γένους τινός his descendants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 32; Περσέως ἀφ᾽ αἵματος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 509)]: of the place one springs from, ἵπποι.. ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.839. compare 849; Ἡρακλεῖδαι οἱ ἀ. Σπάρτης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.89, etc.; τοὺς ἀ. Φρυγίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.5, etc.:hence,)]
A.III.1.b metaphorically of things, Χαρίτων ἄπο κάλλος ἔχουσαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.18)]; θεῶν ἄπο μήδεα εἰδώς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 12; γάλα ἀ. βοός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 611; μῆνις ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν [prev. author] “Eu.” 314; ἡ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν τιμωρία 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69)]; ὁ ἀ. τῶν πολεμίων φόβος fear inspired by the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.53.)]
A.III.1.c of persons, οἱ ἀ. τῆς χώρας, τῆς πόλεως, country folk, townsfolk, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.6.8, 5.70.8)]; and so of connexion with the founder or leader of a sect, οἱ ἀ. Πυθαγόρου[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 14; οἱ ἀ. Πλάτωνος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 2)]; οἱ ἀ. τοῦ περιπάτου, ἀ. τῆς Στοᾶς, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 6; generally οἱ ἀ. φιλοσοφίας καὶ λόγων philosophers and learned men, [prev. passage]; οἱ ἀ. σκηνῆς καὶ θεάτρου)] stage players, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 2; οἱ ἀ. τῆς βουλῆς [prev. author] “Caes.” 10, etc.)]; ὁ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας παῖς, see at {ἑστί; ἀπ᾽ ἐξωμίδος} with only an ἐξωμίς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.153.)]
A.III.2 of the material from or of which a thing is made, εἵματα ἀ. ξύλου πεποιημένα[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65; ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος τεύχειν οἶνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 970, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 704; ὅσσα ἀ. γλυκερῶ μέλιτος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.117; ἔνδυμα ἀ. τριχῶν καμήλου NT.Matt.3.4: hence στέφανος ἀ. ταλάντων ἑξήκοντα)] of or weighing [Refs 4th c.BC+ (60 talents, Canon Laws texts cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.92, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.1.7, “IG” 2.555.10, +others: hence of value, θύεν αἶγα ἀ. δραχμᾶν εἴκοσι “GDI” 3707 (from Cos))]; κρᾶσις ἀ. τε τῆς ἡδονῆς συγκεκραμένη καὶ ἀ. τῆς λύπης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59a)]; so, by an extension of this use, εἰδεχθής τις ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου ugly of countenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 28.4; θῆλυν ἀ. χροιῆς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.49; σεμνὸς ἀ. τοῦ σχήματος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 10.8.)]
A.III.3 of the instrument from or by which a thing is done, τοὺς.. πέφνεν ἀπ᾽ ἀργυρέοιο βιοῖο by arrow shot from silver bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.605; τόξου ἄπο κρατεροῦ ὀλέκοντα φάλαγγας 8.279; ἐμῆς ἀπὸ χειρός 10.371, 11.675; so ἀ. χειρὸς ἐργάζεσθαι μεγάλα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 29)]; γυμνάζεσθαι ἀ. σκελῶν, χειρῶν, τραχήλου, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.9; μάχεσθαι ἀ. ἄκοντος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.7; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ ξίφους μάχη 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.29; βάπτειν τὸν δάκτυλον ἀ. τοῦ αἵματος LXX.Lev.4.7.)]
A.III.4 of the person from whom an act comes, i.e. by whom it is done, οὐδὲν μέγα ἔργον ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14; ζήτησιν ἀ. σφέων γενέσθαι [prev. author] 2.54; ἐπράχθη οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔργον ἀξιόλογον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.17, compare 6.61; ἀ. τινος ὄνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528a, etc.)]; so τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, τἀπὸ σοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 74, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1628; τὰ ἀ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127)]; in later Greek frequently of the direct agent, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.34.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.12, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.12, NT.Luke.9.22, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 20.8.10, etc.)]; in codices this may sometimes be due to confusion with ὑπό, but[Refs 1st c.AD+ (compare “PMag.Par.” 1.256, “BGU” 1185.26(Aug.), “SIG” 820.8(Ephesus, 1st c.AD), etc.)]
A.III.5 of the source from which life, power, etc., are sustained, ζῆν ἀπ᾽ ὕλης ἀγρίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; ἀ. κτήνεων καὶ ἰχθύων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 216; ἀ. πολέμου [prev. author] 5.6; ἀπ᾽ ἐλαχίστων χρημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.14; ἀ. τῆς ἀγορᾶς [prev. author] “An.” 6.1.1; τρέφειν τὸ ναυτικὸν ἀ. τῶν νήσων [prev. author] “HG” 4.8.9, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; ἀ. τῶν κοινῶν πλουτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 569, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.124; ἀ. μικρῶν εὔνους.. γεγένησαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 788, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.102; ἀφ᾽ ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι)]quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 14.)]
A.III.6 of the cause, means, or occasion from, by, or because of which a thing is done, ἀ. τούτου κριοπρόσωπον τὤγαλμα τοῦ Διὸς ποιεῦσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42)]; ἀ. τινος ἐπαινεῖσθαι, θαυμάζεσθαι, ὠφελεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, 6.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.2; ἀ. τῶν ξυμφορῶν διαβάλλεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17; τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔχειν ἀ. τινος [prev. author] 1.46; ἀ. λῃστείας τὸν βίον ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.9; ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων κρίνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.27)]; ἀ. τοῦ πάθους in consequence of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30; βλάπτειν τινὰ ἀ. τινος [prev. author] 7.29; κατασκευάσαντα τὸ πλοῖον ἀφ᾽ ὧν ὑπελάμβανε σωθήσεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194)]; τρόπαιον ἀ. τινος εἱστήκει on occasion of his defeat, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.320)]; τλήμων οὖσ᾽ ἀπ᾽ εὐτόλμου φρενός[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1302, compare 1643)]; ἀ. δικαιοσύνης by reason of it (variant for{ὑπό}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164)]; ἀ. τῶν αὐτῶν λημμάτων on the same scale of profits, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.34, etc.)]; for ὅσον ἀ. βοῆς ἕνεκα, see at {ἕνεκα}: hence in half adverbial usages, ἀ. σπουδῆς in earnest, eagerly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.359)]; ἀ. τοῦἴσου, ἀ. τῆς ἴσης, or ἀπ᾽ ἴσης, equally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99, 15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.6, etc.; ἀπ᾽ ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας τῆς ψυχῆς [prev. author] 18.298; ἀ. ἀντιπάλου παρασκευῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91; ἀ. τοῦ προφανοῦς openly, [prev. work] 35)]; ἀ. τοῦ εὐθέος straightforwardly, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.43)]; ἀ. τοῦ αὐτομάτου of free-will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323c)]; ἀ. γλώσσης by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123)] (but also, from hearsay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 813); ἀ. στόματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142d)]; ἀπ᾽ ὄψεως at sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.19)]; ἀ. χειρὸς λογίζεσθαι on your fingers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 656; πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 988)]; ὀμμάτων ἄπο in the public gaze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 216; ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου ἄρχοντας καθίστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.9; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66, compare “IG” 1.9; τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου δισχιλίους ἄνδρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 24.3)]; τριηράρχους αἱρεῖσθαι ἀ. τῆς οὐσίας Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.106)]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ from oneself, on one's own account, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.6, etc.; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης [prev. author] 4.68)]; ἀ. συνθήματος, ἀ. παραγγέλματος, by agreement, by word of command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.99)]; ἀ. σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.12 (assuming variant))]; ἐπίτροπος ἀ. τῶν λόγων, = Latin procurator a rationibus, Ann.epigram.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1913.143a (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD).)]
A.III.7 of the object spoken of, τὰ ἀ. τῆς νήσου οἰκότα ἐστί the things told from or of the island.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195, compare 54, 7.195; νόμος κείμενος ἀ. τῶν τεχνῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 762.)]
B in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 5th c.AD: Cypria, ἀπύ takes _dative_, ἀπὺ τᾷ [ἁμέρᾳ] “IG” 5(2).6 (from Tegea))]; ἀπὺ τᾷ ζᾷ[Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.8 H. (from Idalion).)]
B.2 in later Greek ἀπό is found with accusative, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.124.30 (4th-5th c.AD).)]
C in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] frequent with Verbs in tmesi, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214, etc., and sometimes in Prose, as 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.89.)]
D IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
D.1 asunder, as ἀποκόπτω, ἀπολύω, ἀποτέμνω: and hence, away, off, as ἀποβάλλω, ἀποβαίν; denoting, remoual of an accusation, as ἀπολογέομαι, ἀποψηφίζομαι.
D.2 finishing off, completing, ἀπεργάζομαι, ἀπανδρόω, ἀπανθρωπίζω, ἀπογλαυκόω.
D.3 ceasing from, leaving off, as ἀπαλγέω, ἀποκηδεύω, ἀπολοφύρομαι, ἀποζέω, ἀπανθίζω, ἀφυβρίζω.
D.4 back again, as ἀποδίδωμι, ἀπολαμβάνω, ἀπόπλους: also, in full, or what is one's own, as ἀπέχω, ἀπολαμβάνω: frequently it only strengthens the sense of the simple.
D.5 by way of abuse, as in ἀποκαλέω.
D.6 almost ={ἀ-} privative; sometimes with Verbs, as ἀπαυδάω, ἀπαγορεύ; more frequently with Adjectives, as ἀποχρήματος, ἀπότιμος, ἀπόσιτος, ἀπόφονος.
E ἄπο, by anastrophe for ἀπό, when it follows its Noun, as ὀμμάτων ἄπο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1231, etc.)]; never in Prose.
E.2 ἄπο for ἄπεστι, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.20, 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 9.)]
Aeolic dialect, Thess., [Refs 7th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 5th c.AD: Cypria ἀπύ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 44, compare 78, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.16, “IG” 12(2).6.45 (Mytil.), ἀπυδόμεναι [prev. work]9(2).594 (from Larissa), 5(2).6 (from Tegea))], etc.:—preposition usually with Gen. but see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] (Cf. Sanskrit
A ápa, Latin ab, Umbr. ap-ehtre 'ab extra', Gothic af, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] af, cef, of, etc.) Orig. sense, from. [ᾰπο?~X: where ἀπο ¯ is found in Epic dialect before see or liquids (as ἀπὸ ἕθεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.62, ἀπὸ νευρῆς 11.664, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 409) ἀπαί)] was sometimes written in later texts,[Refs (compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 625.11:)] — ᾱ for the sake of meter in _Epic dialect_ compounds, such as ἀπονέεσθαι.]
A.I OF PLACE, the earliest, and in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus the prevailing sense:)]
A.I.1 of Motion, from, away from, ἐσσεύοντο νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.208)]; pleonastic, ἀ. Τροίηθεν[LXX+8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 24.492; ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν 8.365 (later with _adverbs_, ἀπὸ ἔμπροσθεν LXX.Eccl.1.10, etc.); strengthened, ἐκτὸς ἀ. κλισιης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.151)]; also ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο, implying departure from life, [Refs ([prev. work] 24.725)]; opposed to ἐξ, of relatively superficial motion, λαμβάνομεν οὔτε ἐκ τῆς γῆς οὐδέν, οὔτ᾽ ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκιῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.2)]; similarly of the cause or ground, ἐξ ὧν προηγώνισθε καὶ ἀφ᾽ ὧν εἰκάζω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126)]:— frequently of warriors fighting from chariots, etc., οἱ μὲν ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, οἱ δ᾽ ἀ. νηῶν.. μάχοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.386; ἀφ᾽ ἵππων μάρνασθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.49; so ἡ μάχη ἦν ἀφ᾽ ἵππων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79)]; λαμπὰς ἔσται ἀφ᾽ ἵππων on horseback, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328a; ἀφ᾽ ἵππου θηρεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.7; ἀ. νεῶν πεζομαχεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.62; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶν αἰρόμενος τοὺς ἱστοὺς ἀ. τούτων ἐσκοπεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.29)]; ὀμμάτων ἄπο.. κατέσταζον γένυν, of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 240: joined with ἐκ, ἐκ Κορίνθου ἀ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142a.)]
A.I.2 of Position, away from, far from, μένων ἀ. ἧς ἀλόχοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.292 (compare ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς εἶναι)] to live apart from a man or husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4); κεκρυμμένος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.110; μοῦνος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 193)]; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν, ἀπ᾽ οὔατος, far from sight or hearing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.53, 18.272, compare 22.454; ἀ. θαλάσσης ᾠκίσθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, compare 46; αὐλίζεσθαι ἀ. τῶν ὅπλων [prev. author] 6.64; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου εἶναι [prev. author] 1.99)]; σπεύδειν ἀ. ῥυτῆρος far from, i.e. without using the rein, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 900; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently strengthened, τῆλε ἀ..., νόσφιν ἀ..., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.880, 5.322)]; in measurement of distances, ὅσον ιέ στάδια ἀ. Φυλῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.4, etc.)]; but later the numeral follows ἀ., πηγὰς ἔχων ἀ. μ σταδίων τῆς θαλάσσης[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.56; ἀ. σταδίων κ τῆς πόλεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 4)]; κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἀ. ν σταδίων fifty stades away, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Oth.” 11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 17.17.)]
A.I.3 of the mind, ἀ. θυμοῦ away from, i. e. alien from, my heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.562; ἀ. δόξης 10.324; οὐ.. ἀ. σκοποῦ οὐδ᾽ ἀ. δόξης 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.344; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τρόπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]; οὐδὲν ἀ. τρόπου not without reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 470b)]; οὐκ ἀ. σκοποῦ, καιροῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 179c, 187e; οὐκ ἀ. γνώμης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 389; οὐκ ἀ. τοῦ πράγματος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.6; μάλα πολλὸν ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος ἔπλετο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.863.)]
A.I.4 in pregnant sense, with Verbs of rest, previous motion being implied (compare ἐκ), ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἐβόασεν.. ἀ. πέτρας σταθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 523)]; ἀ.τῆς ἐμῆς κεφαλῆς τὴν [ἐκείνου] κεφαλὴν ἀναδήσω, i. e. taking the chaplet off my head, and placing it on his, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 212e: with Verbs of hanging, where ἐκ)] is more common, ἁψαμένη βρόχον ἀ. μελάθρου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.278.)]
A.I.5 with the Article, where the sense of motion often disappears, οἱ ἀ. τῶν οἰκιῶν φεύγουσιν, i.e. οἱ ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις φεύγουσιν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23)]; οἱ ἀ. τῶν πύργων.. ἐπαρήξουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 6.4.18; αἴρειν τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410b)]; αἱ ἵπποι αἱ ἀ. τοῦ ἅρματος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8; ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ὁ ἀ. τοῦ στρατεύματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.19; τὸν ἀ. γραμμᾶς κινεῖ λίθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.18.)]
A.I.6 partitive, λαχὼν ἀ. ληΐδος αἶσαν part taken from the booty, a share of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.40; αἴρεσθαι ἀ. τῶν καλπίδων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 539; ἀ. ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι παίδων εἷς μοῦνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27; ὀλίγοι ἀ. πολλῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1023.)]
A.I.7 in Mathematics texts, of figures described upon a base, κῶνον ἀναγράφειν ἀ. κύκλου[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.19, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ. τῆς AB τετράγωνον the square on AB, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.47, compare 48)]; εἴδεα ἀ... [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 10, 11.)]
A.I.8 ἀ. ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός man and woman, [LXX (LXX.1Esd.9.40)]; ἀ. ἀρσενικοῦ ἕως θηλυκοῦ [prev. work] LXX.Num.5.3.
A.I.9 from being, instead of, ἀθανάταν ἀ. θνατᾶς.. ἐποίησας Βερενίκαν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.106.)]
A.I.10 privative, free from, without, ἀ. πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PLips.” 16.19 (2nd c.AD))]; ἀ. ζημίας[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb” 420.4 (3rd c.AD).)]
A.II OF TIME, from, after, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.54 ἀ. δείπνου θωρήσσοντο)] rising up from, i.e. after,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133)]; ἀ. δείπνου εἶναι or γενέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, 2.78, 5.18, +others; ἀ. τοῦ σιτίου πίνειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὑγιεινῆς” 5; ἀ. τῶν σίτων διαπονεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8)]; in narrative, τὸ ἀ. τούτου or το̄δε, from this point onwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4, 2.99; ἀ. τούτου τοῦ χρόνου [prev. author] 1.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.8; τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 25; ἡμέρῃ δεκάτῃ ἀφ᾽ ἧς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, etc.; δευτέρῃ ἡμέρῃ ἀ. τῆς ἐμπρήσιος [prev. author] 8.55, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.18, etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗ χρόνου [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.2.13)]; more often ἀπ᾽ or ἀφ᾽ οὗ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 177; ἀφ᾽ ἧς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 15)]; εὐθὺς ἀ. παλαιοῦ, ἀ. τοῦ πάνυ ἀρχαίου, of olden time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 2.15; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχᾶς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.25, etc.; ἀ. γενεᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8)]; ἀφ᾽ ἑσπέρας from the beginning of evening, i.e. at eventide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29)]; ἀ. πρώτου ὕπνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 43; ἀ. μέσων νυκτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 218)]; ἀπ᾽ ἀγροῦ fresh from field-work, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Mark.15.21, compare 7.4; ἀ. νουμηνίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.23)]; χρονίζειν ἀ. τοῦ καιροῦ tarry beyond the time, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.20.5)]; ἀ. τέλους ἐννέα μηνῶν at the end of..,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 24.8; γενόμενος ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 5: hence ἀ. ἀγωνοθετῶν an εχ-ἀγωνοθέτης, “IG” 3.398; ἀ. λογιστῶν “POxy.” 1103.3 (4th c.AD))]; οἱ ἀ. ὑπατείας, = consulares, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.1.9, etc.)]; but ἀ. τινος the freedman of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).50.59(Tegea, 2nd c.AD), compare[prev. work]5(1).1391 (from Andania), 1473.)]
A.III OF ORIGIN, CAUSE, etc.:
A.III.1 of that from which one is born, οὐ γὰρ ἀ. δρυός ἐσσι οὐδ᾽ ἀ. πέτρης not sprung from oak or rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.163; γίγνονται δ᾽ ἄρα ταί γ᾽ ἔκ τε κρηνέων ἀ. τ᾽ ἀλσέων 10.350, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 415, “OC” 571, etc.: sometimes ἀπό denotes remote, and ἐκ)] immediate, descent, τοὺς μὲν ἀ. θεῶν, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν θεῶν γεγονότας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.81, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.150; πέμπτη ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γέννα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 853)]; τρίτος ἀ. Διός third in descent from Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391c)]; οἱ ἀ. γένους τινός his descendants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 32; Περσέως ἀφ᾽ αἵματος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 509)]: of the place one springs from, ἵπποι.. ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.839. compare 849; Ἡρακλεῖδαι οἱ ἀ. Σπάρτης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.89, etc.; τοὺς ἀ. Φρυγίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.5, etc.:hence,)]
A.III.1.b metaphorically of things, Χαρίτων ἄπο κάλλος ἔχουσαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.18)]; θεῶν ἄπο μήδεα εἰδώς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 12; γάλα ἀ. βοός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 611; μῆνις ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν [prev. author] “Eu.” 314; ἡ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν τιμωρία 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69)]; ὁ ἀ. τῶν πολεμίων φόβος fear inspired by the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.53.)]
A.III.1.c of persons, οἱ ἀ. τῆς χώρας, τῆς πόλεως, country folk, townsfolk, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.6.8, 5.70.8)]; and so of connexion with the founder or leader of a sect, οἱ ἀ. Πυθαγόρου[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 14; οἱ ἀ. Πλάτωνος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 2)]; οἱ ἀ. τοῦ περιπάτου, ἀ. τῆς Στοᾶς, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 6; generally οἱ ἀ. φιλοσοφίας καὶ λόγων philosophers and learned men, [prev. passage]; οἱ ἀ. σκηνῆς καὶ θεάτρου)] stage players, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 2; οἱ ἀ. τῆς βουλῆς [prev. author] “Caes.” 10, etc.)]; ὁ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας παῖς, see at {ἑστί; ἀπ᾽ ἐξωμίδος} with only an ἐξωμίς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.153.)]
A.III.2 of the material from or of which a thing is made, εἵματα ἀ. ξύλου πεποιημένα[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65; ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος τεύχειν οἶνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 970, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 704; ὅσσα ἀ. γλυκερῶ μέλιτος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.117; ἔνδυμα ἀ. τριχῶν καμήλου NT.Matt.3.4: hence στέφανος ἀ. ταλάντων ἑξήκοντα)] of or weighing [Refs 4th c.BC+ (60 talents, Canon Laws texts cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.92, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.1.7, “IG” 2.555.10, +others: hence of value, θύεν αἶγα ἀ. δραχμᾶν εἴκοσι “GDI” 3707 (from Cos))]; κρᾶσις ἀ. τε τῆς ἡδονῆς συγκεκραμένη καὶ ἀ. τῆς λύπης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59a)]; so, by an extension of this use, εἰδεχθής τις ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου ugly of countenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 28.4; θῆλυν ἀ. χροιῆς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.49; σεμνὸς ἀ. τοῦ σχήματος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 10.8.)]
A.III.3 of the instrument from or by which a thing is done, τοὺς.. πέφνεν ἀπ᾽ ἀργυρέοιο βιοῖο by arrow shot from silver bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.605; τόξου ἄπο κρατεροῦ ὀλέκοντα φάλαγγας 8.279; ἐμῆς ἀπὸ χειρός 10.371, 11.675; so ἀ. χειρὸς ἐργάζεσθαι μεγάλα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 29)]; γυμνάζεσθαι ἀ. σκελῶν, χειρῶν, τραχήλου, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.9; μάχεσθαι ἀ. ἄκοντος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.7; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ ξίφους μάχη 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.29; βάπτειν τὸν δάκτυλον ἀ. τοῦ αἵματος LXX.Lev.4.7.)]
A.III.4 of the person from whom an act comes, i.e. by whom it is done, οὐδὲν μέγα ἔργον ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14; ζήτησιν ἀ. σφέων γενέσθαι [prev. author] 2.54; ἐπράχθη οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔργον ἀξιόλογον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.17, compare 6.61; ἀ. τινος ὄνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528a, etc.)]; so τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, τἀπὸ σοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 74, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1628; τὰ ἀ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127)]; in later Greek frequently of the direct agent, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.34.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.4.12, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.12, NT.Luke.9.22, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 20.8.10, etc.)]; in codices this may sometimes be due to confusion with ὑπό, but[Refs 1st c.AD+ (compare “PMag.Par.” 1.256, “BGU” 1185.26(Aug.), “SIG” 820.8(Ephesus, 1st c.AD), etc.)]
A.III.5 of the source from which life, power, etc., are sustained, ζῆν ἀπ᾽ ὕλης ἀγρίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; ἀ. κτήνεων καὶ ἰχθύων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 216; ἀ. πολέμου [prev. author] 5.6; ἀπ᾽ ἐλαχίστων χρημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.14; ἀ. τῆς ἀγορᾶς [prev. author] “An.” 6.1.1; τρέφειν τὸ ναυτικὸν ἀ. τῶν νήσων [prev. author] “HG” 4.8.9, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; ἀ. τῶν κοινῶν πλουτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 569, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.124; ἀ. μικρῶν εὔνους.. γεγένησαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 788, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.102; ἀφ᾽ ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι)]quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 14.)]
A.III.6 of the cause, means, or occasion from, by, or because of which a thing is done, ἀ. τούτου κριοπρόσωπον τὤγαλμα τοῦ Διὸς ποιεῦσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42)]; ἀ. τινος ἐπαινεῖσθαι, θαυμάζεσθαι, ὠφελεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, 6.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.2; ἀ. τῶν ξυμφορῶν διαβάλλεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17; τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔχειν ἀ. τινος [prev. author] 1.46; ἀ. λῃστείας τὸν βίον ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.9; ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων κρίνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.27)]; ἀ. τοῦ πάθους in consequence of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.30; βλάπτειν τινὰ ἀ. τινος [prev. author] 7.29; κατασκευάσαντα τὸ πλοῖον ἀφ᾽ ὧν ὑπελάμβανε σωθήσεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194)]; τρόπαιον ἀ. τινος εἱστήκει on occasion of his defeat, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.320)]; τλήμων οὖσ᾽ ἀπ᾽ εὐτόλμου φρενός[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1302, compare 1643)]; ἀ. δικαιοσύνης by reason of it (variant for{ὑπό}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164)]; ἀ. τῶν αὐτῶν λημμάτων on the same scale of profits, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.34, etc.)]; for ὅσον ἀ. βοῆς ἕνεκα, see at {ἕνεκα}: hence in half adverbial usages, ἀ. σπουδῆς in earnest, eagerly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.359)]; ἀ. τοῦἴσου, ἀ. τῆς ἴσης, or ἀπ᾽ ἴσης, equally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99, 15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.6, etc.; ἀπ᾽ ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας τῆς ψυχῆς [prev. author] 18.298; ἀ. ἀντιπάλου παρασκευῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91; ἀ. τοῦ προφανοῦς openly, [prev. work] 35)]; ἀ. τοῦ εὐθέος straightforwardly, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.43)]; ἀ. τοῦ αὐτομάτου of free-will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323c)]; ἀ. γλώσσης by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123)] (but also, from hearsay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 813); ἀ. στόματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142d)]; ἀπ᾽ ὄψεως at sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.19)]; ἀ. χειρὸς λογίζεσθαι on your fingers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 656; πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 988)]; ὀμμάτων ἄπο in the public gaze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 216; ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου ἄρχοντας καθίστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.9; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66, compare “IG” 1.9; τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου δισχιλίους ἄνδρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 24.3)]; τριηράρχους αἱρεῖσθαι ἀ. τῆς οὐσίας Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.106)]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ from oneself, on one's own account, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.6, etc.; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης [prev. author] 4.68)]; ἀ. συνθήματος, ἀ. παραγγέλματος, by agreement, by word of command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.99)]; ἀ. σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.12 (assuming variant))]; ἐπίτροπος ἀ. τῶν λόγων, = Latin procurator a rationibus, Ann.epigram.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1913.143a (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD).)]
A.III.7 of the object spoken of, τὰ ἀ. τῆς νήσου οἰκότα ἐστί the things told from or of the island.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195, compare 54, 7.195; νόμος κείμενος ἀ. τῶν τεχνῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 762.)]
B in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 5th c.AD: Cypria, ἀπύ takes _dative_, ἀπὺ τᾷ [ἁμέρᾳ] “IG” 5(2).6 (from Tegea))]; ἀπὺ τᾷ ζᾷ[Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.8 H. (from Idalion).)]
B.2 in later Greek ἀπό is found with accusative, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.124.30 (4th-5th c.AD).)]
C in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] frequent with Verbs in tmesi, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214, etc., and sometimes in Prose, as 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.89.)]
D IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
D.1 asunder, as ἀποκόπτω, ἀπολύω, ἀποτέμνω: and hence, away, off, as ἀποβάλλω, ἀποβαίν; denoting, remoual of an accusation, as ἀπολογέομαι, ἀποψηφίζομαι.
D.2 finishing off, completing, ἀπεργάζομαι, ἀπανδρόω, ἀπανθρωπίζω, ἀπογλαυκόω.
D.3 ceasing from, leaving off, as ἀπαλγέω, ἀποκηδεύω, ἀπολοφύρομαι, ἀποζέω, ἀπανθίζω, ἀφυβρίζω.
D.4 back again, as ἀποδίδωμι, ἀπολαμβάνω, ἀπόπλους: also, in full, or what is one's own, as ἀπέχω, ἀπολαμβάνω: frequently it only strengthens the sense of the simple.
D.5 by way of abuse, as in ἀποκαλέω.
D.6 almost ={ἀ-} privative; sometimes with Verbs, as ἀπαυδάω, ἀπαγορεύ; more frequently with Adjectives, as ἀποχρήματος, ἀπότιμος, ἀπόσιτος, ἀπόφονος.
E ἄπο, by anastrophe for ἀπό, when it follows its Noun, as ὀμμάτων ἄπο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1231, etc.)]; never in Prose.
E.2 ἄπο for ἄπεστι, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.20, 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 9.)]