ἀποίχομαι
apoichomai
to be gone away, to be far from, keep aloof from
Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀποίχομαι, fut. -οιχήσομαι: impf. -ῳχόμην:—A. to be gone away, to be far from, keep aloof from a thing, c. gen., ἀποίχονται πολέμοιο Il. 11.408; ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρός hast forsaken him, 19.342. 2. abs., to be gone, to have departed, ὅπως δὴ δηρὸν ἀποίχεται how long he has been gone, Od. 4.109; ἀνδρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο πολὺν χρόνον 21.70, cf. 1.253; περὶ πατρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο ἐρέσθαι his absent father, 1.135, cf. Hel. 1306 (lyr.); ἀ. εἰς τάξιν πάλιν Heracl. 818: imper. ἀποίχεσθε begone! 30 3. to have perished, ἀποίχεται χάρις HF 134 (lyr.); of persons, to be dead and gone, ἀπολιπών μʼ ἀποίχεται Ra. 83; in full, ἀ. βιότοιο v.l. in AP 10.59 (); οἱ ἀποιχόμενοι, = οἱ τελευτήσαντες, P. 1.93, cf. 3.3, SIG 1219.10 (iii B.C.). 4. μηνὸς ἀποιχομένου, = φθίνοντος, 810. 5. ἀποιχομένου μίτου, of a broken lyre-string, AP 6.54 (Paul. Sil.).
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