ἀπο-σείω,
shake off, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 61, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.20.3] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ξίφος ἀποσεσεῖσθαι τοῖς αὐχέσιν ἐπαιωρούμενον[[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.2.1] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, shake off from oneself, πάντ᾽ ἀποσεισάμενος[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 348 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of a horse, throw his rider, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.37] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τειχέων θριγκοὺς ἀ. throw them off, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 506: _metaphorically_, ἀποσείεσθαι λύπας, γῆρας, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 346, “Lys.” 670; νέφος [prev. author] “Nu.” 288; ἑταίρους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 13.2; ὕπνον [prev. author] “Tim.” 6] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὑπὸ τῶν ἐρωμένων[[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 24.302c. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 middle, shake oneself, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560b8.] Refs 4th c.BC+]