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|Definition=ἀφέσεως, ἡ, ([[ἀφίημι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[letting go]], [[release]], <b class="b3">περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως</b> Philipp. ap. D.18.77, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 273c; καρπῶν ''PAmh.''2.43.9 (ii B. C.); [[γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει]] = [[land in private hands]], opp. [[βασιλική]], ''PTeb.'' 5.37 (ii B. C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, [[dismissal]]: in [[ritual]], λαοῖς ἄφεσις Apul.''Met.''11.17; [[release]], Plb.1.79.12, ''IG''2.314.21, ''Ev.Luc.''4.18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[ἄφεσις φόνου]] = [[quittance]] from [[murder]], Pl.''Lg.''869d: so abs., Hermog.''Stat.''8; [[discharge]] from a [[bond]], D.33.3; ἄφεσιν ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι Id.45.41; opp. [[ἀπόδοσις]] χρημάτων, Isoc.17.29; [[exemption from attendance]], [[leave of absence]], Arist.''Ath.''30.6; <b class="b3">ἄφεσις τῆς στρατείας</b> [[exemption]] from [[service]], Plu.''Ages.''24; [[remission]] of a [[debt]], ταλάντου ''Michel''1340B7 (Cnidus, ii B. C.); χρημάτων ''IPE''12.32B70 (Olbia, iii B. C.); ''[[sc.]]'' [[καταδίκη]]ς, ''Inscr.Magn.''93c16.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[forgiveness]], Ev. Marc.3.29; ἁμαρτιῶν ''Ev.Matt.''26.28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[relaxation]], [[exhaustion]], Hp.''Epid.''3.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[divorce]], τινὶ [[πέμπειν]] Plu.''Pomp.''42.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[starting]] of horses in a [[race]], ἵππων ἄφεσιν ποιεῖν D.S.4.73: hence, [[starting post]] itself, <b class="b3">ἰσώσας τἀφέσει</b> (Musgr. for <b class="b3">τῇ φύσει</b>) <b class="b3"> τὰ τέρματα</b> having made the [[winning post]] one with the [[starting post]], i.e. having completed the [[δίαυλος]] and come back to the [[starting post]], dub. cj. in S.''El.''686, cf. Paus.5.15.5, 6.20.9: metaph., the [[first start]], [[beginning]] of anything, Man.3.405, etc.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[discharge]], [[emission]], ὕδατος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]'' 697a24; βέλους D.S.17.41; τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ Arist.''GA''756a12; τοῦ κυήματος Id.''HA''608a1; the [[dropping]] of a [[foal]], ib.576a25.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[discharge]], [[release]] of an [[engine]], Ph.''Bel.''58.24.<br><span class="bld">7</span> = [[ἀφεσμός]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 625a20 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[release]], ὕδατος ''PPetr.''2p.34 (iii B. C.): hence, in concrete sense, [[conduit]], [[sluice]], ib.3p.88, ''PFlor.''388.44 (iii A. D.): pl., ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης [[channel]]s, [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''22.16.<br><span class="bld">9</span> Astrol., [[reckoning of the vital quadrant]], Ptol.''Tetr.''127, cf. Vett.Val.136.2 (but <b class="b3">ἀπὸ Λέοντος τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιούμενοι</b>, simply, [[starting from]]... Id.31.8).