ἀφέτης
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (
A ἀφίημἰ one who lets off a military engine, Plb.4.56.3. b teacher of ballistic, IG2.465.22. 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, Myro2.
