ἐφιέναι
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐφίημι): allow, allow to, concede, launch, refer, yield, bring to someone to decide, deliver up, give up, hand over to some one's decision, hand over, launch against, let loose upon, let slip, permit a person, permit to, set on, urge against anyone, permit
Lexicon Thucydideum
permittere, to permit, allow, 1.95.6, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἀφ.]
MED. appetere, to strive for, seek, 1.8.3, 1.128.3, 2.42.4. 4.61.3, 4.87.4, 4.92.7. 4.108.7. 6.6.1, 6.8.4,
item likewise 6.11.5. 6.33.4. 6.85.3, 8.46.3.
