ἀφέτ-ης,
ου,
ὁ,(
A). ἀφίημἰ one who lets off a military engine, Plb. 4.56.3 .
b). teacher of ballistic, IG 2.465.22 .
c). starter in races, POxy. 152.1 (vii A.D.).
2). Astrol.,
prorogator, heavenly body which determines the vital quadrant,
Ptol. Tetr. 131 .
II). Pass.,
a freed-slave among the Spartans,
Myro 2 .