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  "headword": "ἄφεσις",
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          "definition": "<i>letting go, release,</i> περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως Philipp. ap. D. 18.77, cf. Pl. Plt. 273c; καρπῶν PAmh. 2.43.9 (ii B. C.); γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει land <i>in private hands,</i> opp. βασιλική, PTeb. 5.37 (ii B. C.), etc.",
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                "quote": "καρπῶν",
                "ref": "PAmh. 2.43.9",
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>dismissal</i>: in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ. Apul. Met. 11.17; <i>release,</i> Plb. 1.79.12, IG 2.314.21, Ev.Luc. 4.18.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23228",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "λαοῖς ἄ.",
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                            "urn": ""
                          }
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἀ. φόνου <i>quittance from</i> murder, Pl. Lg. 869d: so abs., Hermog. Stat. 8; <i>discharge from</i> a bond, D. 33.3; ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι Id. 45.41; opp. ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, Isoc. 17.29; <i>exemption from attendance, leave of absence,</i> Arist. Ath. 30.6; ἀ. τῆς στρατείας <i>exemption from</i> service, Plu. Ages. 24; <i>remission</i> of a debt, ταλάντου Michel 1340B7 ( Cnidus, ii B. C.); χρημάτων IPE 12.32B70 ( Olbia, iii B. C.); sc. καταδίκης, Inscr.Magn. 93c16.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23229",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι",
                        "ref": "Id. 45.41",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg045.perseus-grc2:41"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23230",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ταλάντου",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23231",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρημάτων",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>forgiveness,</i> Ev.Marc. 3.29; ἁμαρτιῶν Ev.Matt. 26.28.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23232",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἁμαρτιῶν",
                            "ref": "Ev.Matt. 26.28",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc2:26.28"
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                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>relaxation, exhaustion,</i> Hp. Epid. 3.6.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>divorce,</i> τινὶ πέμπειν Plu. Pomp. 42.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23233",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τινὶ πέμπειν",
                        "ref": "Plu. Pomp. 42",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045.perseus-grc2:42"
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                    }
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                },
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>starting</i> of horses in a race, ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν D.S. 4.73: hence, <i>starting-post</i> itself, ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for τῇ φύσει) τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the <i>starting-post,</i> i.e. having completed the δίαυλος and come back to the <i>starting-post,</i> dub. cj. in S. El. 686, cf. Paus. 5.15.5, 6.20.9: metaph., <i>the first start, beginning</i> of anything, Man. 3.405, etc.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23234",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν",
                        "ref": "D.S. 4.73",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.73"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
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                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>discharge, emission,</i> ὕδατος Arist. PA 697a24; βέλους D.S. 17.41; τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ Arist. GA 756a12; τοῦ κυήματος Id. HA 608a1; <i>the dropping</i> of a foal, ib. 576a25.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23235",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὕδατος",
                        "ref": "Arist. PA 697a24",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:697a.perseus-grc2.24"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23236",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "βέλους",
                        "ref": "D.S. 17.41",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.41"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23237",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ",
                        "ref": "Arist. GA 756a12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:756a.perseus-grc2.12"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23238",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ κυήματος",
                        "ref": "Id. HA 608a1",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:608a.perseus-grc2.1"
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                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>discharge, release</i> of an engine, Ph. Bel. 58.24.",
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                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "Arist. HA 625a20 (pl.).",
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                },
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                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "<i>release,</i> ὕδατος PPetr. 2p.34 (iii B. C.): hence, in concrete sense, <i>conduit, sluice,</i> ib. 3p.88, PFlor. 388.44 (iii A. D.): pl., ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης <i>channels,</i> LXX 2 Ki. 22.16.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-23239",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὕδατος",
                        "ref": "PPetr. 2p.34",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Petr..perseus-grc2:2p.34"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης",
                        "ref": "LXX 2 Ki. 22.16",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012.perseus-grc2:22.16"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "<i>reckoning of the vital quadrant,</i> Ptol. Tetr. 127, cf. Vett.Val. 136.2 (but ἀπὸ Λέοντος τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιούμενοι, simply, <i>starting from</i> . . , Id. 31.8).",
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