ἀφίστημι

A. causal in pres. and impf., in fut. ἀποστήσω, and aor. I ἀπέστησα, as also in aor. I Med. (v. infr.):—put away, remove, keep out of the way, τὸ ἀσθενέστατον τοῦ στρατεύματος X. HG 7.5.23; ἄχος A. Ch. 416 (lyr.); of diseases, Dsc. 2.96, Gal. 13.846; τὰ συγκείμενα ἀ. ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων Pl. Plt. 282b; ἀ. τῆς ἐλάας τὸν φλοιόν Thphr. CP 3.3.2; ἀ. τινὰ λόγου hinder from . . , E. IT 912; ἀ. τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ἐπιβουλάς frustrate them, Th. 1.93; ἀ. τὸν ἄρχοντα depose him, X. HG 7.1.45:—aor. Med., Ἀργείων δόρυ πυλῶν ἀπεστήσασθε remoued it from your own gates, E. ph. 1087 :—in Hdt. 9.23 ἀποστήσαντες, = ἀποστάντες, having retired.

2. cause to revolt, of allies, Id. 8.19, Ar. Eq. 238, Th. 1.81; τινὰ ἀπό τινος Hdt. 1.76,154, etc.; τινά τινος And. 3.22.

3. in geom. constructions, cut off, Procl. Hyp. 6.7.

II. weigh out, X. Smp. 2.20; ἀποστησάτωσαν τὰ χρυσία IG 7.303.19 (Oropus); pay, δραχμὰς ή ἀργυρίου UPZ 93.2 (ii B.C.): also in aor. I Med., μὴ . . ἀποστήσωνται Ἀχαιοὶ χρεῖος lest they weigh out (i. e. pay in full) the debt, Il. 13.745, cf. IG 12.91.20, al.:—in strict sense of Med., ἀποστήσασθαι τὸν χαλκόν to have the brass weighed out to one, D. 49.52.—Hom. has it trans. only in l.c.

III. Med., give a final decision (or break up, dismiss the assembly), ῥήτρα ap.Plu. Lyc. 6.

B. intr., in Pass., as also in aor. 2 ἀπέστην, imper. ἀπόστηθι Ar. Th. 627, ἀπόστα Men. 375: pf. ἀφέστηκα in pres. sense, sync. in pl. ἀφέσταμεν, ‐στατε, ‐στᾶσι, as in inf. ἀφεστάναι, part. ἀφεστώς, ‐ῶσα, ‐ός or ‐ώς: plpf. ἀφεστήκειν, Att. ‐κη Pl. Tht. 208e: fut. Med. ἀποστήσομαι E. Hec. 1054, Th. 5.64, etc. (while aor. I Med. is causal (v. supr.)): for fut. ἀφεστήξω v. h. v.:—stand away or aloof from, keep far from, ὅσσον δὲ τροχοῦ ἵππος ἀφίσταται Il. 23.517; οὐ μέν κ’ ἄλλη γ’ ὧδε γυνὴ . . ἀνδρὸς ἀφεσταίη Od. 23.101; ἀποστᾶσ’ ἐκποδών E. Hel. 1023; ἐς ἄλλο σχῆμ’ ἀ. βίου Id. Med. 1039; ἀποσταθῶμεν πράγματος τελουμένου A. Ch. 872; ὡς γραφεὺς (or βραβεὺς)ἀποσταθείς E. Hec. 807; μακρὰν τόποις καὶ χρόνοις ἀ. D.S. 13.22: hence in various relations, ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν lose one's wits, S. Ph. 865; φύσεος Ar. V. 1457 (lyr.); οὐδενὸς ἀποστήσονται ὅσα ἂν δίκαια λέγητε depart from, object to right proposals, Th. 4.118; ἀ. φόνου E. Or. 1544; ἀ. ἀρχῆς to be deposed from office, Pl. Lg. 928d; simply, resign, SIG 527.105 (Crete, iii B. C.); ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων, τῆς πολιτείας, etc., withdraw from business, politics, have done with it, D. 10.1, 18.308, etc.; ἔργων ἢ πόνων ἢ κινδύνων shun them, Isoc. 4.83, cf.X. HG 7.5.19, etc.; ὧν εἷλεν ἀποστάς giving up all claim to what he had won (at law), D. 21.181; τῶν αὑτῆς Id. 19.147, cf. 35.4; ἀφίστασθαι τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ib.44; οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀνηκόντων τῇ πόλει Inscr.Magn. 53.65; τὴν πολιτείαν . . τὴν ἀφεστηκυῖαν τοῦ μέσου πλεῖον further removed from . . , Arist. Pol. 1296b8; ἀποστὰς τῶν πατρῴων Luc. DMort. 12.3; ἀ. ἐκ Σικελίας withdraw from the island, give up the expedition, Th. 7.28; retire, ἐς Ἰθώμην Id. 1.101: rarely c.acc., avoid, shrink from, τὸν ἥλιον X. Cyn. 3.3; τὸν πόλεμον Id. An. 2.5.7; τινάς E. Fr. 1006; πυγμήν Philostr. Gym. 20 (prob. cj.).

2. in Prose, ἀ. ἀπό τινος revolt from . . , Hdt. 1.95,130, etc.; τινός Id. 2.113; οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου Ἀθηναίων IG 12.39.21; but Ἀθηναίων τοῦ πλήθους ib.10.22; also ἀ. εἴς or πρός τινας, Hdt. 2.30,162, cf. X. An. 1.6.7; ἐς δημοκρατίαν ἀ. Th. 8.90: abs., revolt, Hdt. 1.102, etc.; ὑπό τινος at his instigation, Th. 8.35 (ἀπό codd.).

3. ἀ. τινί make way for another, give way to him, E. Hec. 1054, D. 8.37.

4. c. gen., shrink from, τῶν κινδύνων Isoc. 9.29: also c. inf., shrink from doing, ἀπέστην τοῦτ’ ἐρωτῆσαι σαφῶς E. Hel. 536.

5. abs., stand aloof, recoil from fear, horror, etc., τίπτε καταπτώσσοντες ἀφέστατε; Il. 4.340; πολλὸν ἀφεσταότες 17.375; παλίνορσος ἀπέστη 3.33, Pi. O. 1.52, P. 4.145; ἐγὼ οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον ἀ. Pl. Tht. 169b, cf. D. 19.45, etc.; desist, μὴ νῦν ‐ώμεθα Pl. Lg. 960e; δοῦλος ἀφεστώς a runaway, Lys. 23.7.

6. Medic., ἀφίσταται, = ἀπόστασις γίγνεται, εἰς ἄρθρα Hp. Aph. 4.74; ἀ. ὀστέον exfoliates, ib. 6.45; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ὀστῶν Pl. Ti. 84a; τὸ δέρμα ἀ. X. Eq. 1.5; also, project, stand out, ὦτα ἀφεστηκότα PLond. 3.1209.12 (i B. C.).

b. to be separated by the formation of an abscess, Gal. 11.116, al. (also in Act., τὸ πύον ἀφίστησι 7.715).