ἀποσπάω
1. "to tear or drag away from", τινός Soph., Plat., etc.; ἀπ. τινα ἀπὸ γυναικός Hdt.; τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν Eur.; also c. dupl. acc. "to tear" a thing "from" one, Soph.:— ἀπ. τινά "to tear" him "away", Hdt.:—Mid. "to drag away for oneself", Plut.:—Pass. "to be dragged away, detached, separated from", τινός Pind., Eur.; ἐξ ἱροῦ Hdt.; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν Thuc.
2. ἀπ. πύλας "to tear off" the gates, Hdt.
3. ἀπ. τὸ στρατόπεδον "to draw off" the army, Xen.; absol., ἀποσπάσας "having drawn off", id=Xen.:—Pass., of troops, "to be separated" or "broken", Thuc.