ἀπο-σπάω,
future -σπάσω [ᾰ], tear or drag away from, τινός[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1024, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, compare 102; ἀποσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι] Refs 5th c.BC+] tear a thing from one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 866] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινά tear him away, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.8: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1432] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων[[ [prev. author] “El.” 809] Refs]; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, [[ “PPetr.” 3p.129 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινὰ ἀπό τινος[[ “BGU” 1125.9 (1st c.BC),compare below 5; μαθητάς NT.Act.20.30; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 962:—] NT+5th c.BC+]middle, τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 76] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.33, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bone, to be torn off, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 13; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν [prev. author] “Mochl.” 6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]