ἀποστερέω
ἀποστερέω
to rob, despoil, bereave or defraud one of a thing, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, Hdt., Ar.; also, c. acc. pers. et rei, μή μʼ ἀποστερήσηις ἡδονάν Soph., etc.: absol. to defraud, cheat, Ar.:—Pass. to be robbed or deprived of, c. gen., Ἑλλάδος ἀπεστερημένος Hdt., Attic; also c. acc., ἵππους ἀπεστέρηνται Xen.
ἀπ. ἑαυτόν τινος to detach, withdraw oneself from . . , Soph., Thuc.
c. acc. pers. to deprive, rob, Hdt., Attic;— τὸ σαφές μʼ ἀποστερεῖ certainty fails me, Eur.
c. acc. rei only, to filch away, withhold, Aesch., etc.