ἀποβολ-ή, ῆς, ἡ,
throwing away, e.g. ὅπλων [prev. work = 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges”] 943ef; jettison, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.413] Refs 1st c.AD+]; in Grammars, dropping of a letter, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 55.7, +others; τόνου “Synt.” 130.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 loss, opposed to κτῆσις, χρημάτων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 195e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115a21, etc.; ἐπιστήμης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 75d, compare 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 1.27: _plural_, τὰς τῶν κακῶν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.32.] Refs 5th c.BC+]