ἄφεσις
ἄφεσις,
εως,
ἡ,(
ἀφίημι)
A). letting go, release, 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
in private hands, opp.
βασιλική, PTeb. 5.37 (ii B. C.), etc.
2). c. gen.,
ἀ. φόνου quittance from murder,
Pl. Lg. 869d : so abs.,
Hermog. Stat. 8 ;
discharge from a bond,
D. 33.3 ;
ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι Id. 45.41 ; opp.
ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, Isoc. 17.29 ;
exemption from attendance, leave of absence, Arist. Ath. 30.6 ;
ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption from service,
Plu. Ages. 24 ;
remission of a debt,
ταλάντου Michel 1340 B
7 (Cnidus, ii B. C.);
χρημάτων IPE 12.32B70 (Olbia, iii B. C.); sc.
καταδίκης, Inscr.Magn. 93c16 .
5). starting of horses in a race,
ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν D.S. 4.73 : hence,
starting-post itself,
ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for
τῇ φύσει)
τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the
starting-post, i.e. having completed the
δίαυλος and come back to the
starting-post, dub. cj. in
S. El. 686 , cf.
Paus. 5.15.5 ,
6.20.9 : metaph.,
the first start, beginning of anything,
Man. 3.405 , etc.
8). release, ὕδατος PPetr. 2p.34 (iii B. C.): hence, in concrete sense,
conduit, sluice, ib.
3p.88 ,
PFlor. 388.44 (iii A. D.): pl.,
ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης channels, LXX 2 Ki. 22.16 .
ShortDef
a letting go, dismissal
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄφεσις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αφεσις
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄφεσις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ἀφίημι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letting go, release,</span> <span class="foreign greek">περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως</span> Philipp. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.77 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:273c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:273c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 273c </a>; <span class="quote greek">καρπῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PAmh.</span> 2.43.9 </span> (ii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει</span> land <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in private hands,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">βασιλική,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 5.37 </span> (ii B. C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dismissal</span>: in ritual, <span class="quote greek">λαοῖς ἄ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Met.</span> 11.17 </span> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">release,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:79:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:79:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.79.12 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 2.314.21 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 4.18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. φόνου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quittance from</span> murder, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:869d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:869d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 869d </a>: so abs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stat.</span> 8 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discharge from</span> a bond, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg033.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg033.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 33.3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg045.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg045.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 45.41 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg005.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg005.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 17.29 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">exemption from attendance, leave of absence,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:30:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:30.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 30.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. τῆς στρατείας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">exemption from</span> service, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg044:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg044:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ages.</span> 24 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">remission</span> of a debt, <span class="quote greek">ταλάντου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Michel</span> 1340 </span> B<span class="bibl"> 7 </span> (Cnidus, ii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">χρημάτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 12.32B70 </span> (Olbia, iii B. C.); sc. <span class="foreign greek">καταδίκης,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Magn.</span> 93c16 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forgiveness, Ev. Marc.</span> <span class="bibl"> 3.29 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἁμαρτιῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 26.28 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">relaxation, exhaustion,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 3.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">divorce,</span> <span class="quote greek">τινὶ πέμπειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 42 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting</span> of horses in a race, <span class="quote greek">ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.73 </a> : hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting-post</span> itself, <span class="foreign greek">ἰσώσας τἀφέσει</span> (Musgr. for <span class="foreign greek">τῇ φύσει</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> τὰ τέρματα</span> having made the winning-post one with the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting-post,</span> i.e. having completed the <span class="foreign greek">δίαυλος</span> and come back to the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting-post,</span> dub. cj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:686" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:686/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 686 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:15:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:15:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 5.15.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:20:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:20:9/canonical-url/"> 6.20.9 </a>: metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the first start, beginning</span> of anything, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:3:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:3.405/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Man.</span> 3.405 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discharge, emission,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὕδατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:697a:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:697a.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 697a24 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βέλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 17.41 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:756a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:756a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 756a12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ κυήματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:608a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:608a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 608a1 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the dropping</span> of a foal, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:576a:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:576a.25/canonical-url/"> 576a25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discharge, release</span> of an engine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:58:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:58.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 58.24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀφεσμός</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:625a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:625a.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 625a20 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">release,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὕδατος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 2p.34 </span> (iii B. C.): hence, in concrete sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conduit, sluice,</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 3p.88 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFlor.</span> 388.44 </span> (iii A. D.): pl., <span class="quote greek">ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">channels,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:22:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg012:22.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ki.</span> 22.16 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> Astrol., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reckoning of the vital quadrant,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg007:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg007:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tetr.</span> 127 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:136:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:136.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 136.2 </a> (but <span class="foreign greek">ἀπὸ Λέοντος τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιούμενοι,</span> simply, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting from</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:31:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:31.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 31.8 </a>).</div> </div><br><br>'}