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|Definition=gen. -εως, Ion. -ιος, ἡ: ([[ἀνίημι]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[loosening]], [[relaxing]], <b class="b3">ἄνεσις τῶν χορδῶν</b> of the [[string]]s, opp. [[ἐπίτασις]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 349e; coupled with [[χάλασις]], ib.590b; τῆς αἰσθήσεως.. δεσμὸν τὸν ὕπνον εἶναί φαμεν, τὴν δέ.. ἄνεσιν ἐγρήγορσιν Arist.''Somn.Vig.''454b27; ἀέρος [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.1.6; <b class="b3">πάγων ἄνεσις</b>, i.e. a [[thaw]], Plu.''Sert.''17; of the [[ebb]]-[[tide]], Str.7.2.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[remission]], [[abatement]], κακῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.28; opp. [[θλῖψις]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''8.13, al.; [[λύπη]]ς, [[μοχθηρία]]ς, etc., Plu.2.102b, etc.; τὴν ἡδονὴν ἄνεσιν [[λαμβάνειν]] Phld.''D.''3''Fr.''1; <b class="b3">ἄνεσις φόρων, ἄνεσις τελῶν</b>, [[remission]] of [[tribute]], [[tax]]es, Plu.''Sert.''6, ''IG''7.2227 (Thisbe), etc.; κολάσεως Plot.4.3.24; of [[fever]]s, opp. [[παροξυσμός]], Gal.7.427.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[relaxation]], [[recreation]], opp. [[σπουδή]], Pl.''Lg.''724a, Arist.''Rh.''1371b34, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.122; ἄνεσις καὶ [[σχολή]] Plb.1.66.10; ψυχῆς Mnesith.Ath. ap. Ath.11.484a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[solution]], Dsc.5.96.<br><span class="bld">5</span> = τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς Archig. ap. Gal.7.424.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[indulgence]], [[licence]], ἡδονῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 561a; ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν παρ' ὑμῖν ἄνεσις Id.''Lg.''637c, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1270a1; δούλων ib.1313b35; [[relaxation]] of [[custody]], Act.Ap.24.23.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of [[musical]] [[pitch]], Aristid.Quint.1.5; of an unaccented [[syllable]], Phld.''Po.''2.18.