ἄπειμι,
(εἰμί
__A sum), imperfect ἀπῆν (later ἀπήμην[[ “POxy.” 1204.23 (3rd c.AD))] Refs 3rd c.AD+], 2nd pers.singular ἀπῆσθα[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 379] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἀπέην[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.7, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἄπεσαν [prev. work] 10.357] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀπέσομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 887] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἀπέσσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.150, _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἀπεσσεῖται [prev. work] 19.302] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—to be away or far from, with genitive, ὁππότε πάτρης ἧς ἀπέῃσιν ἀνήρ [[[prev. work] 169, compare 20.155, +others; ἐὰν δ᾽ ἀπῇ τούτων τὸ χαίρειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1169; ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141: with _dative_, φίλοισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 179 (Lyric poetry), compare “Tr.” 393, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61, etc.: but mostly, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 absolutely, to be away or absent, and of things, to be wanting, οἵ τ᾽ ὄντες οἵ τ᾽ ἀπόντες, i.e. all that are, every one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1109; τὰς οὔσας τέ μου καὶ τὰς ἀπούσας ἐλπίδας [prev. author] “El.” 306 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dead, variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 312] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεόντος the god not being counted, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.53:—in _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect, ἀπῆσαν and ἀπῇσαν are frequently confused in codices, as in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.42.] Refs 5th c.BC+]