ἀπάγω [ᾰγ ],
I
1. lead away, carry off, ἀπάγουσι βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα Od. 18.278; ἀ. τινὰ ἐκτόπιον S. OT 1340 (lyr.), cf. 1521, etc.; προσάγειν.., ἀπάγειν, bring near.., hold far off, Arist. GC 336a18; ἀ. ἀχλὺν ἀπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν remove it, Thphr. HP 7.6.2; τὸ ἱμάτιον ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου Plu. Ant. 12; οὐκ ἀπάξετε ταῦτα; stop this fooling! Jul. Or. 7.225a: - Med., take away for or with oneself, παρθένον Hdt. 1.196, cf. 4.80, Ar. Nu. 1105, etc.; or that which is one’s own, X. Cyr. 3.1.37, etc.: - Pass., ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας brought to a point, tapering off, Hdt. 7.64, cf. 2.28, Arist. PA 658b30.
2. lead away, draw off troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν Hdt. 1.164, cf. Th. 1.28, al.; ἄπαγε τὸν ἵππον Ar. [Num 32:1-42]. elliptically, retire, withdraw, Hdt. 5.126, X. HG 1.1.34, al.; ’go off’, Apollod. Epit. 3.3.
3. abduct, Aeschin. 1.80, Luc. Tim. 16: - Pass., πρὸς ὕβριν -εσθαι Id. Anach. 13.
II bring back, bring home, Il. 18.326; ἀπήγαγεν οἴκαδε Od. 16.370, cf. S. Ph. 941, X. An. 1.3.14; ἀ. ὀπίσω Hdt. 9.117.
III
1. return, render what one owes, pay, τὸν φόρον Ar. V. 707, cf. X. Cyr. 2.4.12, Th. 5.53; render service, honour, etc., κώμους πρὸς τάφον E. Tr. 1184; θεωρίαν εἰς Δῆλον Pl. Phd. 58b. arrest and carry off, ἀπάγετε αὐτὸν παρ’ ἐμέ Hdt. 2.114, cf 6.81; δεῖν κἀπάγειν ἐφίετο E. Ba. 439: - Pass., ἀπαχθέντας παρ’ ἑωυτόν Hdt. 6.119.
2. law-term, bring before a magistrate and accuse (cf. ἀπαγωγή 111), Antipho 5.85; ἀς[]βείας for impiety, D. 22.27; ἀ. ὡς θεσμοθέτας Id. 23.31; ἀ. τοῖς ἕνδεκα Id. 24.113; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ -εσθαι Sch. Arist. Rh. 1397a30 ap. D.H. Amm. 1.12.
3. carry off to prison, Pl. Grg. 486a, Ar. Ach. 57; εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον And. 4.181, D. 23.80, 35.47 (Pass.): abs., ὡς γόης ἀπαχθῆναι Pl. Men. 80b; ἀπαχθείς Lys. 25.15. lead away, divert from the subject, esp. by sophistry, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄντος ἐπὶ τοὐναντίον Pl. Phdr. 262b; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ὑποθέσεως D. 19.242; ἀ. τὸ ὀργιζόμενον τῆς γνώμης divert.., Th. 2.59; ἀπὸ δεινῶν ἀ. τὴν γνώμην ib. 65. in Logic, reduce, εἰς ἀδύνατον Arist. APr. 29b9: - impers. in Pass., ἀπῆκται ἄρα εἰς.. Papp. 798.11.
1. in later Greek, reduce, drive an opposing disputant, ἐπὶ ψεῦδος S.E. P. 2.233; εἰς ἀντίφασιν, εἰς ἄτοπον, Phlp. in APr. 21.31, 58.14: - Pass., εἰς ἀδύνατον ἀπαχθῆναι Arr. Epict. 1.7.25, cf. Phlp. in APr. 129.2.
2. receive, ἀπ’ ὄψεως.. τὰ δοξάζοντα ἀ. Pl. Phlb. 39b.
3. separate, ἀπάγεται καὶ χωρίζεται Id. Phd. 97b. simply, carry, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τόξον Id. Lg. 795a.