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ἀπαλλάσσω

apallasso

set free, deliver from

Appears 156 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπαλλάσσω, Att. ἀπαλλάττω, fut. -ξω Isoc. 5.52: pf. ἀπήλλᾰχα X. Mem. 3.13.6: aor. ἀπήλλαξα Hdt. 1.16, Ar. V. 1537, etc.:—Pass., pf. ἀπήλλαγμαι Id. Pax 1128, Isoc. 5.49, Ion. ἀπάλλαγμαι Hdt. 2.144,167: aor. ἀπηλλάχθην, Ion. ἀπαλλ- Id. 2.152, etc.; in Att. ἀπηλλάγην [ᾰ] as always in Prose; also in Trag. (for the most part metri gr., cf. however S. Ant. 422, El. 783 (v.l.), E. Ph. 592 (v.l.), Andr. 592): fut. ἀπαλλαχθήσομαι Id. Hipp. 356, Ar. Av. 940; in Prose, ἀπαλλαγήσομαι Th. 4.28, etc.:—Med., fut. (in pass. sense) ἀπαλλάξομαι Hdt. 7.122, E. Hel. 437, Th. 8.83, etc.: aor. ἀπαηλλάξαντο E. Heracl. 317, cf. Plu. Cat.Mi. 64. A. Act., set free, deliver from a thing, παιδίον δυσμορφίης Hdt. 6.61; τινὰ πόνων, κακῶν, A. Eu. 83, Pr. 773; τινὰ ἐκ γόων S. El. 292; ἐκ φόβου καὶ κακῶν And. 1.59: c. acc. only, release, S. Ant. 596, etc.; κόπος μʼ ἀ. Id. Ph. 880. 2. put away from, remove from, τί τινος, as ἀ. γῆς πρόσωπον, φρενῶν ἔρωτα, E. Med. 27, Hipp. 774 (lyr.); σφαγῆς χεῖρα IT 994; χρυσὸν χερός Hec. 1222; ἀ. τινά τινος take away or remove from one, Ar. Ec. 1046; τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς πολιορκίας D.C. 43.32. 3. c. acc. only, put away, remove, τι E. Hec. 1068, Pl. Prt. 354d, etc.; μύθοις ἔργʼ ἀ. κακά do away ill by words, E. Fr. 282.26; get rid of creditors, And. 1.122; τοὺς χρήστας Is. 5.28; get rid of an opponent, by fair means or foul, D. 24.37; ἀ. τοὺς κατηγόρους Lys. 29.1; τοὺς Πελοποννησίους ἐκ τῆς χώρας Th. 8.48; dismiss, send away, τινά Id. 1.90; remove or displace from an office, ib.129; ἀ. τοὺς ὑπηρέτας καὶ θεραπευτῆρας Plu. Lyc. 11; also, make away with, destroy, Thphr. HP 9.15.2; ἑαυτόν Plu. Cat.Mi. 70; bring to an end, λόγον E. Med. 790. 4. in Law, give a release, discharge, D. 36.25, cf. 37.1; τοὺς δανείσαντας ἀ. 34.22, cf. PTeb. 315.16 (ii A.D.); discharge a debt, D.C. 59.1, etc.:—so in Pass., Id. 51.17. II. intr., get off free, escape, esp. with an Adv. added, ῥηιδίως, χαλεπῶς ἀ., Hp. VM 10,20, cf. X. Cyr. 4.1.5; ὁ στόλος οὕτως ἀ. came off, ended, Hdt. 5.63, cf. A. Ag. 1288, E. Med. 786; οὐκ ὡς ἤθελε ἀπήλλαξεν Hdt. 1.16; κάκιον ἀ. Pl. R. 491d, cf. Men. Epit. 199; καταγελάστως ἀ. Aeschin. 2.38; ἀλυσιτελῶς ἀ. Thphr. Char. 8.11; ἀλύπως ἀ. get along well, PPetr. 3p.58: with part. or Adj., χαίρων ἀ. Hdt. 3.69; ἀθῷοι ἀ. Pl. Sph. 254d, etc.: c. gen., depart from, βίου E. Hel. 302 (dub.l.); τοῦ ζῆν Pl. Ax. 367c; so πῶς ἀπήλλαχεν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ; X. Mem. 3.13.6; ἄριστʼ ἀπαλλάττεις ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ κύβου in respect of . ., Diph. 73. B. Pass. and Med., to be set free or released from a thing, get rid of it, ἀπαλλαχθέντας δουλοσύνης Hdt. 1.170; τυράννων Id. 5.78; τῶν παρεόντων κακῶν Id. 2.120; πημονῆς A. Pr. 471; φόβου S. El. 783; πραγμάτων τε καὶ μαχῶν Ar. Pax 293; στρατιᾶς Id. Ach. 251; Κλέωνος Th. 4.28; τῆς κακουχίας ἐπὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ σκηνήν Plb. 5.15.6. 2. get off, escape, mostly with some Adj. or Adv. added (as in Act. 11), ῥηιδίως ἀ. Hp. VM 3; ἀγῶνος ἀ. καλῶς E. Heracl. 346; ἀζήμιος ἀπαλλαγῆναι, ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, Ar. Pl. 271, Pl. Lg. 721d. 3. abs., to be acquitted, D. 22.39. 4. of a point under discussion, to be dismissed as settled, τοῦτο ἀπήλλακται μὴ . . τὸ φίλον φίλον εἶναι Pl. Ly. 220b, cf. Phlb. 67a. II. remove, depart from, ἐκ τῆς χώρης, ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, Hdt. 1.61,2.139, al.; μαντικῶν μυχῶν A. Eu. 180; γῆς ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι πόδα E. Med. 729; δόξης, δέους Th. 2.42; ἀ. παρά τινος Aeschin. 1.78; depart, go away, ἐς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ Hdt. 1.82, al.; ἐπὶ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ Id. 9.11, cf. 5.64; πρὸς χώραν Pl. Lg. 938a: abs., Hdt. 2.93, al., Aen. Tact.10.19, 15.9. 2. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι τοῦ βίου depart from life, E. Hel. 102, Hipp. 356; βίου ἀπαλλαγὴν ἀ. Pl. R. 496e; freq. without τοῦ βίου, depart, die, E. Heracl. 1000, Pl. Phd. 81c, etc. 3. ἀ. λέχους to be divorced, E. Andr. 592; ἀ. γυναῖκά τε ἀπʼ ἀνδρὸς καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα ἀπὸ γυναικός Pl. Lg. 868d. 4. ἀ. τῶν διδασκάλων leave school, Id. Grg. 514c, cf. X. Mem. 1.2.24. 5. ἀ. ἐκ παίδων become a man, Aeschin. 1.40. 6. to be removed from, free from the imputation of, ἀπηλλαγμένος εὐηθίης many removes from folly, Hdt. 1.60; ξυμφορῶν Th. 1.122; αἰσχύνης Id. 3.63: c. inf., κρῖναι ἱκανῶς οὐκ ἀπήλλακτο was not far from judging adequately, Id. 1.138. b. πολλὸν ἀπηλλαγμένος τινός far inferior to him, Hdt. 2.144. 7. depart from, leave off from, τῶν μακρῶν λόγων S. El. 1335; σκωμμάτων Ar. Pl. 316; ἀ. λημμάτων give up the pursuit of . ., D. 3.33; οὐκ ἀπήλλακται γραφικῆς is not averse from . ., Luc. Salt. 35. b. abs., have done, cease, of things, S. Ant. 422; ὅταν ἡ μέθη ἀπαλλαγῇ Arist. MM 1202a3. c. throw up oneʼs case, give up a prosecution, D. 21.151,198. d. c. part., εἰπὼν ἀπαλλάγηθι speak and be done withit, Pl. Grg. 491c, cf.Tht. 183c; ταῦτα μαντευσάμενος ἀπαλλάττομαι Id. Ap. 39d; ἀπαλλάχθητι πυρώσας E. Cyc. 600: also in part., with a Verb, οὐκοῦν ἀπαλλαχθεὶς ἄπει; make haste and begone, S. Ant. 244. 8. to depart from enmity, i.e. to be reconciled, settle a dispute, πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. Lg. 915c: abs., ib. 768c. 9. recover from an ailment, Aret. SD 1.14.
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