ἀφετήριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (ἀφίημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[for letting go]], <b class="b3">ἀ. ὄργανα</b> engines [[for throwing stones]], etc., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.5.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.6.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀφετηρία</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b>), ἡ, <b class="b2">starting-point of a race</b>, <span class="title">CIG</span>2758iii<span class="title">D</span>7 (Aphrodisias), Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1156</span>: hence <b class="b3">ἀ. Διόσκουροι</b>, whose statues adorned the race-course, <span class="bibl">Paus.3.14.7</span>; ἀ. ἕρμα <span class="title">AP</span>9.319 (Philox.): metaph., ἀφετήριον πρὸς μάθησιν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.41</span>; ἀ. ἡ ῥητορική Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.223S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀφετηρία· ἀρχή, ἡγεμονία</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀφετήριον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">πλοίων</b>), τό, [[outlet of a harbour]], <span class="bibl">Str.11.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[gate]] of a sluice, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1177.291</span> (ii A.D.).</span>