ἀπό
Perseus. "from, away from. c. gen."
prep. c. gen. = Lat. ab, from.
I. OF PLACE:
1. of Motion, "from, away from", Hom., etc.; of warriors fighting "from" chariots, Hom.
2. of Position, "away from, far from, apart from", ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο Il.; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν "far from" sight, id=Il.; ἀπὸ θαλάσσης Thuc., etc.
3. 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.
4. in partitive sense, αἶσ᾽ ἀπὸ ληΐδος a part "from" the booty, a share "of" it, Od.
II. OF TIME, "from, after", ἀπὸ δείπνου "after" supper, Il.; ἀπὸ δείπνου γενέσθαι to have done supper, Hdt., etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗ (sc. χρόνου), Lat. ex quo, id=Hdt., etc.
III. OF ORIGIN, CAUSE, etc.:
1. of that from which one is born, οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ 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, Plato's disciples; οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀκαδημίας, ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς, the Academics, the Stoics, Plut., etc.
2. of the Material "from or of" which a thing is made, ἀπὸ ξύλου Hdt.; ἀπὸ μέλιτος Theocr.
3. of the Instrument "from or by" which a thing is done, ἀπ᾽ ἀργυρέοιο βιοῖο by [arrow "shot from"] silver bow, Il.
4. of the Person "from" whom an act comes, i. e. "by" whom it is done, οὐδὲν μέγα ἔργον ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο Hdt.; ἐπράχθη ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν Thuc.;—so that ἀπό came to be used like ὑπό, but implying a "less direct" agency.
5. of the Source "from" which life or power is sustained, ζῆν ἀπὸ ἰχθύων Hdt.; τρέφειν τὸ ναυτικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων Xen.
6. 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 ἀπ᾽ ἴσης, "equally", Thuc., etc.; ἀπὸ γλώσσης "by word of mouth", Hdt.; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ "from or of" oneself, Thuc.
B. AS ADVERB, "far away", Hom., Hdt.
C. IN COMPOS.:
1. "from, asunder", as in ἀποτέμνω: "away, off", as in ἀποβαίνω.
2. "finishing off, completing", as in ἀπεργάζομαι.
3. "ceasing from, leaving off", as in ἀπαλγέω, ἀπολοφύρομαι.
4. "back again", as in ἀποδίδωμι, ἀπολαμβάνω: also, "in full", or "what is one's own", as ἀπέχω.
5. "by way of abuse", as in ἀποκαλέω.
6. almost = a_priv; sometimes with Verbs, as ἀπαυδάω, ἀπαγορεύω; with Adjectives, as ἀποχρήματος, ἀπόσιτος.
D. ἄπο, by anastrophe for ἀπό, when it follows its Noun, as ὀμμάτων ἄπο Soph.