ἀπ-έχω , fut. ἀφέξω, ἀποσχήσω, aor. 2 ἀπέσχον, mid. fut. ἀφέξομαι, aor. 2 ἀπεσχόμην,
inf. ἀποσχέσθαι: hold from, keep
from; act., τινός τι or τινά, ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχειν εὐεργἐα νῆα,
Od. 15.33; ἠὼς
ἥ μ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος οἴκου ἀποσχήσει, that ‘shall
part’ me from Odysseus' house, Od.
19.572; also w. dat. of interest, Il. 24.19, Od. 20.263;
mid., τινός, ‘hold aloof
from,’ Il. 12.248;
‘abstain,’ Od.
9.211; ‘spare,’ Od. 12.321, Od.
19.489.