ἀποστέλλω

A. send off or away from, μή μ’ . . τῆσδ’ ἀποστείλητε γῆς S. El. 71, cf. E. Med. 281; τῆσδ’ ἀ. χθονός Id. Cyc. 468; ἔξω χθονός Id. Ph. 485; ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Pl. R. 607b; send away, banish, τὰ δίκαια S. Ph. 450; τινά E. Hec. 731:—Pass., go away, depart, S. OT 115; ἀποστέλλου χθονός E. Supp. 582; δόμων . . τῶν ἐμῶν ἀπεστάλης Id. Hel. 660; φυγὰς ἀποσταλείς Id. Ph. 319(lyr.); πρὸς σὲ δεῦρ’ ἀπεστάλην Id. IT 1409.

II. dispatch, on some mission or service, S. Ph. 125,1297, etc.; freq. of messengers or forces, Hdt. 1.46,123; νέας ἐπὶ χώρην Id. 7.235, cf. 8.64; στρατὸν παρά τινα Id. 5.32; ναῦς αὐτοῖς ἀ. βοηθούς Th. 1.45: also ἀ. ἀποικίην Hdt. 4.150; οἰκιστάς (as a form of banishment), Arist. Pol. 1306b31; πρεσβείαν Th. 3.28; ἀγγέλους X. An. 2.1.5, etc.; ἀπαρχὴν εἰς Δελφούς Arist. Fr. 485:—Pass., c. inf., οἱ ἀποσταλέντες στρατεύεσθαι Id. 3.26, cf. 5.33; ἀποσταλθέντες GDI 5186.4(Cret.).

III. put off, doff, θαἰμάτια Ar. Lys. 1084.

IV. intr., retire, withdraw, of the sea, Th. 3.89; of persons, οἴκαδε D. 32.5.