ἀποστερέω
1. "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 μ᾽ 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.
2. ἀπ. ἑαυτόν τινος "to detach, withdraw" oneself "from".., Soph., Thuc.
3. c. acc. pers. "to deprive, rob", Hdt., attic;— τὸ σαφές μ᾽ ἀποστερεῖ certainty "fails" me, Eur.
4. c. acc. rei only, "to filch away, withhold", Aesch., etc.