ἄνεσις
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] (ἀνίημι), ἡ, 1) das Nachlassen von starker Anspannung, Abspannung, χορδῶν, der ἐπίτασις entgegengesetzt, Plat. Rep. I, 349 e; κακῶν, Nachlassen des Unglücks, Her. 5, 28; neben χάλασις Plat. Rep. IX, 590 b; übertr., im Ggstz von σπουδή Legg. IV, 7246, Erholung; Erschlaffung, ἄνεσις καὶ σχολή Pol. 1, 66; πάγων, Aufgehen des Eises, Plut. Sert. 17. Nachlassen von der Strenge, Lyc. 2, 29. – 2) χρεῶν, Erlassen einer Schuld, Plut. Cat. min. 18; vgl. Sert. 6; ebenso ἁμαρτημάτων ἄνεσιν δοῦναι Herodian. 7, 12. Uebertr. – 3) das Loslassen der Leidenschaften, Zügellosigkeit, Ausschweifung, γυναικῶν Plat. Legg. I, 637 c; Aristot.; εἰς ἄνεσιν καὶ σώματος ἡδέα ἔργα Cleanth. H.
