ἐφιέναι
From LSJ
Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐφίημι): allow, allow to, concede, launch, refer, yield, bring to someone to decide, deliver up, give up, hand over to some one's decision, hand over, launch against, let loose upon, let slip, permit a person, permit to, set on, urge against anyone, permit