ἄνεσις

English (LSJ)

gen. εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ: (ἀνιημι):—

   A loosening, relaxing, τῶν χορδῶν of the strings, opp. ἐπίτασις, Pl.R.349e; coupled with χάλασις, ib.590b; τῆς αἰσθήσεως . . δεσμὸν τὸν ὕπνον εἶναί φαμεν, τὴν δέ . . ἄνεσιν ἐγρήγορσιν Arist.Somn.Vig.454b27; ἀέρος Thphr.CP2.1.6; πάγων ἄ., i.e. a thaw, Plu.Sert.17; of the ebb-tide, Str.7.2.1.    2 metaph., remission, abatement, κακῶν Hdt.5.28; opp. θλῖψις, 2 Ep.Cor.8.13, al.; λύπης, μοχθηρίας, etc., Plu.2.102b, etc.; τὴν ἡδονὴν ἄνεσιν λαμβάνειν Phld.D.3Fr.1; ἄ. φόρων, τελῶν, remission of tribute, taxes, Plu.Sert.6, IG7.2227 (Thisbe), etc.; κολάσεως Plot.4.3.24; of fevers, opp. παροξυσμός, Gal.7.427.    3 relaxation, recreation, opp. σπουδή, Pl.Lg.724a, Arist.Rh.1371b34, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.122; ἄ. καὶ σχολή Plb.1.66.10; ψυχῆς Mnesith.Ath. ap. Ath.11.484a.    4 solution, Dsc.5.96.    5 = τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς Archig. ap. Gal.7.424.    II indulgence, licence, ἡδονῶν Pl.R.561a; ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν παρ' ὑμῖν ἄ. Id.Lg.637c, cf. Arist.Pol.1270a1; δούλων ib.1313b35; relaxation of custody, Act.Ap.24.23.    III of musical pitch, Aristid.Quint.1.5; of an unaccented syll., Phld.Po.2.18.