ἀπίει

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

French (Bailly abrégé)

3ᵉ sg. prés. ind. et impf. ion. de ἀφίημι.