ἀπό from, away from. c. gen. prep. c. gen. = Lat. ab, from. OF PLACE: of Motion, from, away from, Hom., etc.; of warriors fighting from chariots, Hom. of Position, away from, far from, apart from, ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο Il.; ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν far from sight, Il.; ἀπὸ θαλάσσης Thuc., etc. of the mind, ἀπὸ θυμοῦ away from, i. e. alien from, my heart, Il.; οὐκ ἀπὸ τρόπου not without reason, Plat.; οὐκ ἀπὸ πράγματος Dem. in partitive sense, αἶσʼ ἀπὸ ληΐδος a part from the booty, a share of it, Od. OF TIME, from, after, ἀπὸ δείπνου after supper, Il.; ἀπὸ δείπνου γενέσθαι to have done supper, Hdt., etc.; ἀφʼ οὗ (sc. χρόνου), Lat. ex quo, Hdt., etc. OF ORIGIN, CAUSE, etc.: of that from which one is born, οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδʼ ἀπὸ πέτρης not sprung from oak or rock, Od.; τρίτος ἀπὸ Διός third in descent from Zeus, Plat.; οἱ ἀπὸ Σπάρτης the men from Sparta, Hdt.:—metaph. of things, κάλλος ἀπὸ Χαρίτων beauty born of the Graces, such as they give, Od.; γάλα ἀπὸ βοός Aesch.: —of connexion with the leader of a sect, οἱ ἀπὸ Πλάτωνος, Platoʼs disciples; οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀκαδημίας, ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς, the Academics, the Stoics, Plut., etc. of the Material from or of which a thing is made, ἀπὸ ξύλου Hdt.; ἀπὸ μέλιτος Theocr. of the Instrument from or by which a thing is done, ἀπʼ ἀργυρέοιο βιοῖο by [arrow shot from] silver bow, Il. of the Person from whom an act comes, i. e. by whom it is done, οὐδὲν μέγα ἔργον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο Hdt.; ἐπράχθη ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν Thuc.;—so that ἀπό came to be used like ὑπό, but implying a less direct agency. of the Source from which life or power is sustained, ζῆν ἀπὸ ἰχθύων Hdt.; τρέφειν τὸ ναυτικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων Xen. of the Cause, Means, or Occasion from, by, or because of which a thing is done, ἀπὸ δικαιοσύνης by reason of justice, Hdt.; ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν λημμάτων moved by, for the same profits, Dem.:—hence in many adverbial usages, ἀπὸ σπουδῆς in earnest, eagerly, Il.; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου, ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης, or ἀπʼ ἴσης, equally, Thuc., etc.; ἀπὸ γλώσσης by word of mouth, Hdt.; ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ from or of oneself, Thuc. AS ADVERB, far away, Hom., Hdt. IN COMPOS.: from, asunder, as in ἀποτέμνω: away, off, as in ἀποβαίνω. finishing off, completing, as in ἀπεργάζομαι. ceasing from, leaving off, as in ἀπαλγέω, ἀπολοφύρομαι. back again, as in ἀποδίδωμι, ἀπολαμβάνω: also, in full, or what is oneʼs own, as ἀπέχω. by way of abuse, as in ἀποκαλέω. almost = a_priv; sometimes with Verbs, as ἀπαυδάω, ἀπαγορεύω; with Adjectives, as ἀποχρήματος, ἀπόσιτος. ἄπο, by anastrophe for ἀπό, when it follows its Noun, as ὀμμάτων ἄπο Soph.