ἀφίημι

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2sg.

   A ἀφίης Pl.Phlb.50d, etc., 3sg. ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει, Ion. ἀπίει Hdt.2.96, 1pl. ἀφίεμεν Ar.Nu.1426; imper. ἀφίει Id.V.428: impf. ἀφίειν, with double augm. ἠφίειν Pl.Euthd.293a; 3sg. ἀφίει Il. 1.25, IG22.777.15, D.6.20, Ion. ἀπίει Hdt.4.157, ἠφίει Th.2.49, Pl. Ly.222b, ἤφιε Ev.Marc.11.16; 2pl. ἀφίετε D.23.188; 3pl. ἀφίεσαν E.Heracl.821, Th.2.76, D.21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν X.HG4.6.11, ἠφίουν Is. 6.40 (dub.): fut. ἀφήσω Il.2.263, etc., Ion. ἀπ- Hdt.7.193: pf.ἀφεῖκα X.An.2.3.13, D.56.26: aor. I ἀφῆκα, Ion.ἀπ-, Ep.ἀφέηκα, used in ind. only, Il.23.841, etc.: aor. 2 ind. only in dual and pl., ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσαν; imper. ἄφες, subj. ἀφῶ, opt. αφείην (2pl. ἀφεῖτε Th.1.139), inf. ἀφεῖναι, part. ἀφείς:—Med., ἀφίεμαι, Ion. ἀπίεμαι, Hdt.3.101, Th.2.60, etc.: impf.3sg. ἀφίετο Od.23.240, D.25.47: fut. ἀφήσομαι E.Hel.1629: aor. 2 ἀφείμην X.Hier.7.11; imper. ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, S.OT1521, Ar.Ec.509; inf. -έσθαι Isoc.6.83, part. -έμενος Pl.R.354b; Arc.inf.ἀφεῶσθαι SIG306.19(Tegea, iv B. C.):—Pass., pf. ἀφεῖμαι S.Ant.1165, Pl.Lg.635a; inf.ἀφεῖσθαι SIG577.77 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.): plpf. 2sg. ἀφεῖσο Men.Epit.572: rarer pf. 3pl. ἀφέωνται Ev.Jo.20.23, imper. ἀφεώσθω IG5(2).6.14: aor. ἀφείθην E.Ph.1377, ἀφέθην Batr.87, Ion. ἀπείθην Hdt.6.112; later Aeol. inf. ἀφέθην Milet.3 No.152.34 (ii B. C.): fut. ἀφεθήσομαι Pl.R.472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in Ep. (except in augm. tenses): ῑ always in Att. Hom. also has ἀφῑετε, metri gr., Od.7.126]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, Il.10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκ' ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος Hdt.9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, Pl.R.373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν Plu.Alc.13; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, Hdt.2.15, E.Hipp.991; ἀ. φθογγήν ib.418; ἔπος S.OC731; φωνάς D.18.218; γόους E.El.59 (v. infr. 11.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί Id.Hipp.1324; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to . . (v. infr. 11.2), S.Ant.1088; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon... D.22.58; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, Aeschin.3.153; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, Pl.Ly.222b; freq.of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., Arist.HA487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, ib.568b30, a22; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, Od.7.126, cf. Thphr.HP7.7.3; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον Arist.HA555b5; ἱδρῶτα Plu.Mar.26; put forth, produce, καρπόν Thphr.HP3.4.5; φύλλον ib. 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα leave issue, Ev.Marc.12.22):—Pass., to be emitted, Il.4.77 (tm.); of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, Hdt.6.112.    2 let fall from one's grasp, Il.12.221; opp. κατέχω, Plu.2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά E.Hec.797.    3 give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι Hdt.9.106; ἐχθροῖς αἶαν A.Th.306; ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι Th.2.13:—Pass., ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη Hdt.8.49.    II send away,    1 of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει Il.1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα . . ἀφήσω 2.263.    b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ. 20.464; let loose, βοῦς Hdt.4.69; περιστεράς Alex.62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον Th.1.139; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, Pl.R.591a, Lg.765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους Plb.18.46.5; ἀφέντ' ἐᾶν τινα S.Aj.754, cf. E.Fr.463; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, S.OT320, E.IT739: c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, release from a thing, ἀποικίης Hdt.4.157: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα D.37.59 (abs., ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ ibid.); συναλλαγμάτων Id.33.12: c. acc. only, acquit, Antipho 2.1.2, etc. (v. infr. 2 c):—Pass., κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι Th.4.106; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, Arist.Pol.1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο Men.Epit.572.    c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, Hdt.1.77, etc.; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opp. λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) Ar.V.595.    d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα Hdt.5.39; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, E.Andr.973; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, Arist.EN1163b22 (but with metaph. from releasing a debtor).    e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ X.Cyn.5.14; ἱερὸν . . ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο Pl. Criti.116c.    2 of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν Il. 11.642; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, 13.444; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (v. supr. 1.1), A.Pr.317; ὀργήν τινι Arr.An.1.10.6; γόους (v. supr. 1.1) E.Or.1022; νόσημα Hp.Prorrh.2.39; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, E.Hec.571, Or.1171: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον Hdt.1.206; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, Th.5.78, 115, etc.:—Med., ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν D.S.19.1.    b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς . . loose ship for a place, Hdt.5.42.    c in legal sense (v. supr. Ib), c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, Id.6.30; τὰς ἁμαρτάδας Id.8.140.β', cf.Ev.Matt.6.12, al.; τὰς δίκας . . ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις D.21.79; ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς Id.59.30, cf.IG22.43A27; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, Ar.Nu.1426; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Lexap.And.1.98; φόρον Plb.21.24.8 (Pass.); δάνειόν τινι Ev.Matt.18.27.    III leave alone, pass by, Hdt.3.95, etc.; neglect, τὰ θεῖα S.OC1537; τὸν καιρόν D.1.8; λέκτρων εὐνάς A.Pers.544: folld. by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν leave unguarded, Hdt.8.70; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, S.OC1279, Ant.887; ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς Ev.Jo. 14.18; ἀ. τι ἀόριστον Arist.Pol.1265a39; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν Id.Metaph.985b20, cf. 987b14:—Pass., esp. in pf. imper., ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, Id.EN1166a34, cf. Pol.1286a5, 1289b12.    2 c. acc. et inf., ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, Hdt.1.194; μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι PLond.2.144.14(i A. D.).    IV c. acc. pers. et inf., suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν Hdt.3.25, cf. 6.62, al., etc.: with inf. understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ' ἀφιᾶσιν (sc. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι Thphr.Char.30.6: c. subj., ἄφες ἐκβάλω Ev.Matt.7.4, cf. Arr.Epict.1.9.15; ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω POxy.413.184 (i A. D.); ἄφες ἵνα . . Arr.Epict.4.13.19; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα . . Ev.Marc.11.16:—Pass., ἀφείθη σχολάζειν Arist.Metaph.981b24.    V seemingly intr. (sc. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., Hdt.7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος Th.7.19; cf. 11.2b.    2 c. inf., give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια Diph.94.    B Med., send forth from oneself, much like Act.; θορήν Hdt.3.101.    2 loose something of one's own from, δειρῆς δ' οὔ πω . . ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, Od.23.240.    3 freq. in Att. c. gen. only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! S. OT1521; τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀ. Th.2.60; λόγων Pl.Grg.458c, Aeschin.1.178; μὴ ἀφίεσο τοῦ Θεαιτήτου, ἀλλ' ἐρώτα Pl.Tht.146b, etc.; ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου τούτου D.37.1; ἀφέμενος τῆς ἰαμβικῆς ἰδέας Arist.Po.1449b8.