ἀπ-ᾰλείφω,
perfect ἀπαλήλιφα[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.29] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—wipe off, expunge, especially from a record or register, [[ [prev. author] 45.44; ἀ. ἀπὸ ὀφλήματος καθ᾽ ὅτι ἂν ἐκτίνη [prev. author] 58.50] Refs]; ἀ. τι τῶν δεδογμένων cancel it, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.160] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν παρακαταθηκῶν embezzle part of the deposits, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 52.27] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, erase, [[ 5th c.BC: Themistocles Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 8] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be erased, [[ POxy. 34i14 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, μυρίας ἐπιστολὰς ἓν δάκρυον ἀπαλείφει μητρός[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 39.] Refs 1st c.AD+]