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|Definition=ου, ὁ, (<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ([[ἀφίημι]]) [[one who lets off a military engine]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.56.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[teacher of ballistic]], IG2.465.22. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[starter]] in races, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>152.1</span> (vii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Astrol., [[prorogator]], heavenly body which determines the vital quadrant, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>131</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., a [[freed-slave]] among the Spartans, <span class="bibl">Myro2</span>.</span>