μεθιέναι
From LSJ
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also μεθίημι): abandon, abate, allow, discharge, dismiss, drive, emit, loosen, permit, plunge, relax, relinquish, remit, renounce, shed, thrust, cast aside, dispense with, do without, fling away, give forth, give up, hurl away, lay aside, leave go of, leave off, let a thing slide, let drop, let fall, let go, let off, permit a person, relinguish, throw aside