ἐφιέναι
From LSJ
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
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
Lexicon Thucydideum
permittere, to permit, allow, 1.95.6, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἀφ.]
MED. appetere, to strive for, seek, 1.8.3, 1.128.3, 2.42.4. 4.61.3, 4.87.4, 4.92.7. 4.108.7. 6.6.1, 6.8.4,
item likewise 6.11.5. 6.33.4. 6.85.3, 8.46.3.
