ἀποβάλλω
apoballo
throw off
Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀποβάλλω, fut. -βαλῶ, A. throw off, ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε Il. 2.183, cf. 21.51; ἀπὸ φροντίδος ἄχθος . . βαλεῖν Ag. 166: c. gen., throw off from, ἀ. ὀμμάτων ὕπνον Ba. 692:—Med., throw off from oneself, cast off, δύναμιν βασιλέως 3.29. 2. throw away, 388, 3.40, etc.; ἀ. τὴν ἀσπίδα V. 22, 1.74, 10.9, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν πάρος ἀ. reject him, Tr. 663, cf. Tht. 151c, etc.; ἀ. τὰ κέρατα, τὰς ὁπλάς, cast, shed, HA 500a10, 604a15,al.:—Med., Lg. 802b; οὐδεὶς ἀ. ἑκών jettisons cargo, EN 1110a9; ἀ. τὸν φιλέοντα 11.19; expose a child, Leg.Gort. 4.9; despise, reject, Ep. 10:—Pass., ἀποβληθεὶς τῆς τυραννίδος Comp.Dion.Brut. 3. b. throw away, sell too cheap, Oec. 20.28. 3. lose, τὴν τυραννίδα 1.60; τὰ πατρώια, τὸν στρατόν, τὴν κεφαλήν, 3.53, 8.65, al.; βιοτάν Fr. 593; τὴν οὐσίαν Ec. 811, Cri. 44e, etc.; ἱκανὸν μέρος τῶν ὄντων 2.1.6, etc.; opp. κτᾶσθαι, 6.57, Pol. 1291b41; ἀ.δόξαν, τέχνην, de An. 428b5, Metaph. 1047a1, al.; ἀ. τι ὑπό τινος Smp. 4.32; ἀ. πολλοὺς τῶν στρατιωτῶν 4.7; τὸν εὐεργέταν HF 878:—in Med., ἀγαθὸν πολίτην SIG 730.20 (Olbia). b. Gramm., drop a letter, etc., Pron. 36.21, al. 4. degrade, Lg. 630d.
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