ἀπέχω,
future ἀφέξω, and [[(8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.572) ἀποσχήσω: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.96, 277; ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχων εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.33] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.324] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.20, compare 22; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pr.” 687 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.263. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 427 (Lyric poetry); ῥῖνα ἀπὸ κάκκης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 162. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[[ Pi.N. 7.61; ἀ. φάσγανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1519. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Cra.407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.316; κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 141; ἀθανάτων ἀ. χεῖρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 350 (Lyric poetry), compare “Supp.” 756, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213d, 214d:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —but mostly,