ἀπάγω [ᾰγ],
lead away, carry off, ἀπάγουσι βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.278; ἀ. τινὰ ἐκτόπιον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1340 (Lyric poetry), compare 1521, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; προσάγειν.., ἀπάγειν, bring near.., hold far off, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 336a18] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἀχλὺν ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν remove it, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.6.2; τὸ ἱμάτιον ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 12] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπάξετε ταῦτ; stop this fooling! [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.225a] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—middle, take away for or with oneself, παρθένον[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196, compare 4.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1105, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or that which is one's own, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.37, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας brought to a point, tapering off, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.64, compare 2.28, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658b30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lead away, draw off troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.28, +others; ἄπαγε τὸν ἵππον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b elliptically, retire, withdraw, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.34, +others; 'go off', 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Epit.” 3.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]