ἄφετος
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἀφίημι)
A let loose, ranging at large, esp. of sacred flocks that were free from work, ἄ. ἀλᾶσθαι γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις A.Pr.666; ἀφέτων ὄντων ταύρων ἐν τῷ . . ἱερῷ Pl. Criti.119d; νέμονται ὥσπερ ἄφετοι Id.Prt.320a, cf. R.498c, Isoc.5.127, Call.Del.36. II of persons, dedicated, free from worldly business, E.Ion822, Plu.2.768b; [γένη] ἀπόλυτα καὶ ἄ. Iamb.Myst.1.8; ἄ. παντὸς τοῦ δεινοῦ Max.Tyr.3.9. 2 of things, ἄ. ἡμέραι holidays, Poll.1.36; νομὴ ἄ. free range, of horses, Plu.Lys.20; ὁρμαί Ph.2.380, cf. Plu.2.12a; δρόμοι Id.Cleom.34; ἐξουσία τοῦ λέγειν Phld.Herc.862.10; κακουργίαι Id.Piet.21; τὸ ἄ. τῆς κόμης Luc.Dom.7; τοῦ λόγου Hermog.Id.1.6. Adv. -τως, ὁρμᾶν freely, Ph.1.135, cf. Dam.Pr.307; ἀπολαύει Phld.D.3Fr.89. 3 of style, rambling, prolix, Luc.Tox. 56. III Ἀφέται, pr. n., the place whence the Argonauts loosed their ship, Hdt.7.193.
