ἀπο-στᾰτέω,
stand aloof from, τινός[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 826(Lyric poetry), “fragment” 161, 301; οὔκουν πάρος γε σῆς ἀπεστάτουν φρενός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 993] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μορφῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς οὐκ ἀπεστάτει was not far from.., [[ [prev. author] “OT” 743] Refs]; fall off from, fail one, κοὐκ ἀποστατῶ φίλων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 312; βουλευτέον ὅπως μηδεὶς τῶν νῦν παρόντων ἀποστατήσει ἡμῶν συμμάχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.24; ἀ. τῶν ὄντων ] Refs 5th c.BC+]to be absent from, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 144b, compare “Tht.” 205a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of the soul, etc., fall away from the divine, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.5, 5.3.16. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II absolutely, stand alocf, be absent, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 444(Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑκάς, πρόσω ἀ., [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1104(Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 65; σμικρὸν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 428d.] Refs 5th c.BC+]