ἀποπέμπω

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

:—[voice] 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 [voice] Act., D.59.52, Men.994);

ἀ. τὰς ναῦς ὁμολογίᾳ

get rid of . .,

Th.3.4

; ἀ. ἡδονήν get rid of it, Arist.EN1109b11; 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 [voice] Med., X. Vect.1.7.

3 [voice] Med., get rid of,

τὸ ὕδωρ Hdt.2.25

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4 emit, discharge, Pl.Ti.33c.

5 [voice] 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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