νοσφίζομαι
νοσφίζομαι
νοσφίζομαι,
to turn oneʼs back upon a person, to turn away, shrink back, Hom.
to turn away from a person, c. gen., Od.
c. acc. to forsake, abandon, Hom., Soph.
after Hom., in Act., Attic fut. νοσφιῶ: aor1 ἐνόσφισα:— to set apart or aloof, to separate, remove, Eur.:—metaph., ν. τινὰ βίου to separate him from life, i. e. kill him, Soph.; so, ν. τινά alone, Aesch.
to deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, Pind.; also, τινά τινος Aesch., Eur.
Mid. to put aside for oneself, to appropriate, purloin, Xen.:— ν. ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς to appropriate part of the price, NTest.
but the Mid. is also just like the Act., to deprive, rob, Eur.