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ἀποπέμπω

apopempo

send off

Appears 25 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποπέμπω, A. send off or away, dispatch, dismiss, Il. 21.452, Od. 24.312, al.; τῷ κε τάχα στυγερῶς μιν ἐγὼν ἀπέπεμψα νέεσθαι 23.23; ἐπί τι, ἔς τι, for a purpose, Hdt. 1.38,47; ἀ. τοὺς πρέσβεις dismiss them, Th. 5.42, cf. Ar. Nu. 1244; ἀ. ἀσινέας Hdt. 7.146:—Med., send away from oneself, τὸν παῖδα ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀ. Id. 1.120; ἀ. τὴν γυναῖκα put away, divorce her, Id. 6.63(so in Act., D. 59.52, Men. 994); ἀ. τὰς ναῦς ὁμολογίᾳ get rid of . ., Th. 3.4; ἀ. ἡδονήν get rid of it, Arist. EN 1109b11; send from home, A. Pers. 137. II. of things, send back, Od. 17.76; ἀ. ἐξοπίσω Hes. Op. 87. 2. send off, dispatch, ἀναθήματα ἐς Δελφούς Hdt. 1.51; export, τἀπόρρητα Ar. Ra. 362:—so in Med., X. Vect. 1.7. 3. Med., get rid of, τὸ ὕδωρ Hdt. 2.25. 4. emit, discharge, Pl. Ti. 33c. 5. Med., avert by sacrifice, etc., ἔννυχον ὄψιν E. Hec. 72 (lyr.), cf. Orph. H. 39.9; banish, exorcise disease, αἶγας ἐς ἀγριάδας τὴν ἀποπεμπόμεθα Call. Aet. 3.1.13.
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