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  "headword": "ἀποσπάω",
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          "definition": "<i>tear</i> or <i>drag away from,</i> τινός S. Aj. 1024, Pl. R. 491b, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων Hdt. 3.1, cf. 102; ἀποσπάσας. . περόνας ἀπʼ αὐτῆς S. OT 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς E. Hec. 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι <i>tear</i> a thing <i>from</i> one, S. OC 866; ἀ. τινά <i>tear</i> him <i>away,</i> Hdt. 6.91; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας <i>detach, abstract</i> some of it, Plb. 2.26.8: metaph., ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος S. OT 1432; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων Id. El. 809; <i>detach, withdraw,</i> πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, PPetr. 3p.129 (iii B.C.); τινὰ ἀπό τινος BGU 1125.9 (i B.C.), cf. infr. 5; μαθητάς Act.Ap. 20.30; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης Plu. Them. 19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά Ar. Ra. 962:— Med., τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας Plu. Pomp. 76:— Pass., <i>to be dragged away, detached, separated from,</i> τινός Pi. P. 9.33, E. Alc. 287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ Hdt. 1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν Th. 3.81; of a bone, <i>to be torn off,</i> Hp. Art. 13; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν Id. Mochl. 6.",
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                "quote": "τινός",
                "ref": "S. Aj. 1024",
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                "quote": "ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων",
                "ref": "Hdt. 3.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.1"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17426",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀποσπάσας. . περόνας ἀπʼ αὐτῆς",
                "ref": "S. OT 1268",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1268"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17427",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς",
                "ref": "E. Hec. 277",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc2:277"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17428",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος",
                "ref": "S. OT 1432",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1432"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων",
                "ref": "Id. El. 809",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:809"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17430",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τινὰ ἀπό τινος",
                "ref": "BGU 1125.9",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:1125.9"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μαθητάς",
                "ref": "Act.Ap. 20.30",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17432",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης",
                "ref": "Plu. Them. 19",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg010.perseus-grc2:19"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17433",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά",
                "ref": "Ar. Ra. 962",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc2:962"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17434",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας",
                "ref": "Plu. Pomp. 76",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045.perseus-grc2:76"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τινός",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 9.33",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.33"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17436",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐξ ἱροῦ",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.160",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.160"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17437",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν",
                "ref": "Th. 3.81",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.81"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-17438",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν",
                "ref": "Id. Mochl. 6",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg011.perseus-grc2:6"
              }
            }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἀ. τινὰ κόμης <i>drag away</i> by the hair, A. Supp. 909.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, <i>tear off</i> the gates, doors, Hdt. 1.17, 3.159, etc.: metaph., πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα] Ar. Ra. 824.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον <i>draw off, divert</i> the army, X. HG 1.3.17: abs., ἀποσπάσας <i>having drawn off,</i> Id. An. 7.2.11:— Pass., of troops, <i>to become separated</i> or <i>broken,</i> Th. 7.80, Plb. 1.27.9.",
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                        "quote": "ἀποσπάσας",
                        "ref": "Id. An. 7.2.11",
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                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>withdraw, reclaim,</i> POxy. 496.9.",
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                },
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                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, <i>eunuch,</i> LXX Le. 22.24.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ἑαυτόν), <i>separate</i> ( i.e. <i>be separated</i>) <i>from,</i> Ael. NA 10.48, Luc. Icar. 11, D.C. 56.22; and in X. An. 1.5.3 the best Mss. give πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα (for ἀπέπτα) φεύγουσα [στρουθός].",
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