ἀποστατέω
apostateō
- to defect
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Glosses: to defect
1. to stand aloof from, depart from, be far from , with genitive, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἀπ. φίλων to fall off from one's friends, (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. absolute to stand aloof or afar off , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)