Dictionary entry

G00851

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἀφαιρέω

I. "to take from, take away from" a person, τί τινι Od., etc.; also τί τινος, Ar., Xen.; and τί τινα Aesch., Soph.:—c. acc. solo, ἀπελὼν τὰ ἄχθεα "having taken" them "off", Hdt.; ὀργὴν ἀφ. "to remove" it, Eur.; ἀφ. χωρίς "separate, set aside", Plat.

II. Mid., fut. ἀφαιρήσομαι, and later ἀφελοῦμαι: aor2 ἀφειλόμην:— "to take away for oneself, take away", in sense and construction much like Act., Hom., etc.

2. followed by μή c. inf. "to prevent, hinder from" doing, Soph., Eur.

3. ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τινα εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Lat. vindicare in libertatem, to set a man free, Plat., Dem.

III. Pass., fut. -αιρεθήσομαι: aor1 ἀφηιρέθην: perf. ἀφῄρημαι, ionic ἀπαραίρημαι:— "to be robbed or deprived" of a thing, "to have" it "taken from one", τι Hdt., attic