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ἀπογίγνομαι , Ion. and later Att. ἀπογευ-γίνομαι , fut. -γενήσομαι:—
A.to be away from, have no part in, “τῆς μάχης” Hdt.9.69; “τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων” Th.1.39; to be freed from, “κακῶν ἀπογεγονότες” J.AJ19.2.2.
II. abs., to be taken away, opp. προσγίγνομαι, Zeno Eleat.2, Pl.Ti.82b, Lg.850a; “ἀπεγίγνετο οὐδέν . . προσεγίγνετο δέ” Th.2.98: generally, to be away, absent, Antipho 2.3.5, Pl.Phd.69b, D.8.35: “ἀπό τινος” Aeschin.2.126; of diseases, opp. προσπίπτω, Hp.Morb.Sacr.1 (dub. 1.).
2. esp. of death, ἀ. ἐκ τῶν οἰκίων depart from the house, die out of it, Hdt.2.85; ἀπογενέσθαι alone, to be dead, ib.136, cf.IG9(1).334.37（Locr.), Ocell.1.14; “οἱ ἀπογενόμενοι” the dead, Th.2.34; ὁ ὕστατον αἰεὶ ἀ. he who died last, Hdt.6.58. cf.5.4; “οἱ ἀπογιγνόμενοι” the dying, Th.2.51, Hdt.3.111.
3. fall away, be lost, Th.5.74; opp. ἐκβλαστάνω, Paus.5.12.1.
III. arrive at, “ἀ. δωδεκαταῖος” Hp.Epid. 4.11.
IV. turn out, become, τράχηλος σκληρὸς ἀ. ib.12 (dub. l.); “νωθροὶ ἀ.” Id.Prorrh.1.117 (dub.1.).
V. “ἀ. τὸ ἕκτον μέρος εἰς τρίχας καὶ αἷμα” goes into, is consumed in forming . ., Arist.HA595b1.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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