ἀποστερέω

A. ‐στερηθήσομαι Lys. 12.70, v.l. in D. 1.22; also ‐στερήσομαι E. HF 137(lyr.), Th. 6.91, D. 24.210; ἀποστεροῦμαι And. 1.149: pf. ἀπεστέρημαι, etc.:—rob, despoil, defraud one of a thing, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, χρημάτων ἀ. τινά Hdt. 5.92.έ; τὸν πατέρα τῆς τυραννίδος Ar. Av. 1605; τῆς ψυχῆς Antipho 4.1.6: c. acc. pers. et rei, μή μ’ ἀποστερήσῃς ἡδονάν S. El. 1276(lyr.), cf. Antipho 3.3.2, X. An. 7.6.9, Is. 8.43, etc.: abs., commit fraud, Ar. Nu. 487; ἀπεστερηκὼς ὑπ’ ἀνάγκης being constrained to become a defaulter, Pl. Phdr. 241b; συνέστιον ὧν ἔκγονον ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἀπεστέρηκε γίγνεσθαι Id. Lg. 868d:—Pass., to be robbed or deprived of, c. gen., Ἑλλάδος ἀπεστερημένος Hdt. 3.130; σοῦ τ’ ἀπεστερημένη καὶ πατρός S. El. 813; ἡδονῶν Ar. Nu. 1072; ἁπάντων ἂν ἀπεστερήμην D. 21.106: c. acc., ἵππους ἀπεστέρηνται X. Cyr. 6.1.12, etc.: abs., εἰ δ’ ἀπεστερήμεθα if we have been frustrated, S. Aj. 782.

2. ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος detach, withdraw oneself from a person or thing, τῶν [ἀγαλμάτων] . . ἀπεστέρησ’ ἐμαυτόν Id. OT 1381; οὐκ ἀποστερῶν γε τῶν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτὸν οὐδενός Antipho 5.78; ἄλλου ἑαυτὸν ἀ. Th. 1.40; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ φρονεῖν Crobyl. 3; ἐκείνους . . ἀ. μὴ ἂν . . ἀποτειχίσαι deprive them of the power of walling off, Th. 7.6:—reversely, ἀ. τὸν ἔλεον ἑαυτοῦ Plu. Aem. 26, cf.Dem. 4.

3. c.acc.pers., defraud, rob, Hdt. 7.155, Ar. Pl. 373, 1 Ep.Cor. 6.7, etc.; θεούς Pl. Lg. 917d.

4. c. acc. rei only, filch away, S. Ph. 931; withhold, A. Pr. 777, S. OT 323, Ar. Nu. 1305; refuse payment of a debt, D. 21.44, etc.; refuse to give up, παρακατ αθήκην Arist. Rh. 1383b21; Ζεὺς ἀποστεροίη γάμον may he avertit, A. Supp. 1063(lyr.).

5. τὸ σαφές μ’ ἀποστερεῖ certainty fails me, E. Hel. 577.

II. in Logic, draw a negative conclusion, Arist. APr. 44b23. (ἀποστέρω is f.l. in Isoc. 12.243.)