ἀποψάλλω

A. pluck off, τρίχας Hsch.; ἀ. πάγην spring a trap that is set, Lyc. 407; twang a string, Id. 915; ἡγλῶττα ἀ. τὴν ἄκραν Ἀτθίδα rings out the purest Attic, metaph. from the lyre, Philostr. VS 2.1.7.