ἄφετος

English (LSJ)

ον, (ἀφίημι)

   A let loose, ranging at large, esp. of sacred flocks that were free from work, ἄ. ἀλᾶσθαι γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις A.Pr.666; ἀφέτων ὄντων ταύρων ἐν τῷ . . ἱερῷ Pl. Criti.119d; νέμονται ὥσπερ ἄφετοι Id.Prt.320a, cf. R.498c, Isoc.5.127, Call.Del.36.    II of persons, dedicated, free from worldly business, E.Ion822, Plu.2.768b; [γένη] ἀπόλυτα καὶ ἄ. Iamb.Myst.1.8; ἄ. παντὸς τοῦ δεινοῦ Max.Tyr.3.9.    2 of things, ἄ. ἡμέραι holidays, Poll.1.36; νομὴ ἄ. free range, of horses, Plu.Lys.20; ὁρμαί Ph.2.380, cf. Plu.2.12a; δρόμοι Id.Cleom.34; ἐξουσία τοῦ λέγειν Phld.Herc.862.10; κακουργίαι Id.Piet.21; τὸ ἄ. τῆς κόμης Luc.Dom.7; τοῦ λόγου Hermog.Id.1.6. Adv. -τως, ὁρμᾶν freely, Ph.1.135, cf. Dam.Pr.307; ἀπολαύει Phld.D.3Fr.89.    3 of style, rambling, prolix, Luc.Tox. 56.    III Ἀφέται, pr. n., the place whence the Argonauts loosed their ship, Hdt.7.193.

German (Pape)

[Seite 409] losgelassen, frei, ἀλᾶσθαι Aesch. Prom. 669; von heiligen Heerden, die frei von aller Arbeit, im heiligen Gebiete weiden, Plat. Critia 119 d; ἀφέτων ὄντων ταύρων ἐν τῷ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερῷ; so νέμεσθαι ὥσπερ ἄφετοι Prot. 320 a; übh. heilig, ἡμέραι, an welchen öffentliche Geschäfte ruhen, Poll. 1, 36; γυναῖκες ἄφετοι οὖσαι τοῖς ἐντυχοῦσιν Ath. XII, 516 a, heiliger Brauch. Vgl. Eur. Ion. 822 ἐν θεοῦ δόμοισιν ἄφετος παιδεύεται; – νομή, δρόμος, frei, Plut. Lys. 20 Cleom. 34; πλόκαμος, πέπλος, fliegend, flatternd, Sp. Aber λόγοι, weitschweifig, Luc. Tox. 56.