Strong G863G863Hἀφίημι
to release: forgive
One of the 3 senses of Strong G863
- Transliteration
- aphiēmi
- Pronunciation
- af-ee'-ay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G575 and ἵημι hiēmi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eimi (to go)); to send forth in various applications: - cry forgive forsake lay aside leave let (alone be go have) omit put (send) away remit suffer yield up.
Detailed definition
ἀφ-ίημι,
[in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc.;]
1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
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[in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc.;]
1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G863H appears in 37 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forgiven19
- forgive16
- forgave2
- remit2
- forgiveth1
First verses
- Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
- Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
- Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matthew 9:5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
- Matthew 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
- Matthew 12:31Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
- Matthew 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
- Matthew 18:21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
- Matthew 18:27Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
- Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
- Matthew 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
- Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Mark 2:7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
- Mark 2:9Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
- Mark 2:10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
- Mark 3:28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
- Mark 4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
- Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
- Luke 5:20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφίημι,
2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, etc., _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει,)] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96)], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426; _imperative_ ἀφίει [prev. author] “V.” 428:)]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25, “IG” 22.777.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157, ἠφίει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b, ἤφιε NT.Mark.11.16)]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.188)]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 821, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.11, ἠφίουν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.40 (uncertain))]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263, etc.)], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193)]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.26:)]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.841, etc.:)]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139),)]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.)]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1629)]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.11)]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 509)]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.83)], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.19(Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1165, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 635a)]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.77 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572)]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT (NT.John.20.23, _imperative_ ἀφεώσθω “IG” 5(2).6.14)]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1377, ἀφέθην Batrachomyomachia 87)], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112)]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Milet.” 3 No.152.34 (2nd c.BC))]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in _Epic dialect_ (except in augment tenses))]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also has ἀφῑετε, for the sake of meter, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126])]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκ᾽ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι)] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13)]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 991)]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 418; ἔπος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 731; φωνάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.218; γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 59 (see. below 11.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1324)]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11.2), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1088)]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.58)]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.153)]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b)]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, [prev. work] 568b30, a22)]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.3)]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b5; ἱδρῶτα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26)]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.4.5; φύλλον [prev. work] 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα)] leave issue, [NT (NT.Mark.12.22))]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.77 (tmesis))]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112.)]
2 let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.221)]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 797.)]
3 give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ἐχθροῖς αἶαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 306; ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.49.)]
II send away,
II.1 of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα.. ἀφήσω 2.263.)]
II.1.b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs (20.464)]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.69; περιστεράς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591a, “Lg.” 765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.5; ἀφέντ᾽ ἐᾶν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 754, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463)]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 320, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 739)]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157)]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59 (_absolutely_, ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ [prev. passage]))]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs ([prev. author] 33.12)]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.2, etc. (see. below 2 c))]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106)]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572.)]
II.1.c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc.)]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 595.)]
II.1.d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.39)]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 973)]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b22)] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor).
II.1.e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.14; ἱερὸν.. ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116c.)]
II.2 of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.642)]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs (13.444)]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (above 1.1), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; ὀργήν τινι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6)]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. above 1.1) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1022; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39)]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 571, “Or.” 1171)]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.78, 115, etc.)]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.1.)]
II.2.b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42.)]
II.2.c in legal sense (see. supr. Ib), with dative person et accusative of things, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.30; τὰς ἁμαρτάδας [prev. author] 8.140.β᾽,cf. NT.Matt.6.12, +others; τὰς δίκας.. ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79; ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς [prev. author] 59.30, compare “IG” 22.43 A 27)]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426)]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; φόρον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.24.8 (_passive_))]; δάνειόν τινι[NT (NT.Matt.18.27.)]
III leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.95, etc.)]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537; τὸν καιρόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; λέκτρων εὐνάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 544: followed by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν)] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.70)]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1279, “Ant.” 887; ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς NT.John.14.18; ἀ. τι ἀόριστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a39)]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b20, compare 987b14)]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1166a34, compare “Pol.” 1286a5, 1289b12.)]
III.2 with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι “PLond.” 2.144.14(1st c.AD).)]
IV with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25, compare 6.62, +others, etc.: with)]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.6)]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.7.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.9.15; ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω “POxy.” 413.184 (1st c.AD))]; ἄφες ἵνα.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.19)]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Mark.11.16)]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981b24.)]
V seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; compare 11.2b.)]
V.2 with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 94.)]
B middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101.)]
B.2 loose something of one's own from, δειρῆς δ᾽ οὔ πω.. ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240.)]
B.3 frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521; τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178; μὴ ἀφίεσο τοῦ Θεαιτήτου, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρώτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b, etc.; ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.1; ἀφέμενος τῆς ἰαμβικῆς ἰδέας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8.)]
2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, etc., _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει,)] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96)], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426; _imperative_ ἀφίει [prev. author] “V.” 428:)]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25, “IG” 22.777.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157, ἠφίει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b, ἤφιε NT.Mark.11.16)]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.188)]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 821, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.11, ἠφίουν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.40 (uncertain))]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263, etc.)], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193)]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.26:)]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.841, etc.:)]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139),)]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.)]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1629)]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.11)]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 509)]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.83)], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.19(Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1165, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 635a)]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.77 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572)]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT (NT.John.20.23, _imperative_ ἀφεώσθω “IG” 5(2).6.14)]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1377, ἀφέθην Batrachomyomachia 87)], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112)]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Milet.” 3 No.152.34 (2nd c.BC))]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in _Epic dialect_ (except in augment tenses))]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also has ἀφῑετε, for the sake of meter, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126])]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκ᾽ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι)] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13)]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 991)]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 418; ἔπος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 731; φωνάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.218; γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 59 (see. below 11.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1324)]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11.2), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1088)]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.58)]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.153)]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b)]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, [prev. work] 568b30, a22)]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.3)]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b5; ἱδρῶτα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26)]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.4.5; φύλλον [prev. work] 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα)] leave issue, [NT (NT.Mark.12.22))]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.77 (tmesis))]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112.)]
2 let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.221)]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 797.)]
3 give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ἐχθροῖς αἶαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 306; ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.49.)]
II send away,
II.1 of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα.. ἀφήσω 2.263.)]
II.1.b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs (20.464)]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.69; περιστεράς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591a, “Lg.” 765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.5; ἀφέντ᾽ ἐᾶν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 754, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463)]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 320, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 739)]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157)]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59 (_absolutely_, ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ [prev. passage]))]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs ([prev. author] 33.12)]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.2, etc. (see. below 2 c))]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106)]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572.)]
II.1.c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc.)]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 595.)]
II.1.d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.39)]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 973)]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b22)] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor).
II.1.e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.14; ἱερὸν.. ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116c.)]
II.2 of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.642)]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs (13.444)]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (above 1.1), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; ὀργήν τινι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6)]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. above 1.1) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1022; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39)]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 571, “Or.” 1171)]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.78, 115, etc.)]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.1.)]
II.2.b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42.)]
II.2.c in legal sense (see. supr. Ib), with dative person et accusative of things, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.30; τὰς ἁμαρτάδας [prev. author] 8.140.β᾽,cf. NT.Matt.6.12, +others; τὰς δίκας.. ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79; ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς [prev. author] 59.30, compare “IG” 22.43 A 27)]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426)]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; φόρον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.24.8 (_passive_))]; δάνειόν τινι[NT (NT.Matt.18.27.)]
III leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.95, etc.)]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537; τὸν καιρόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; λέκτρων εὐνάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 544: followed by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν)] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.70)]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1279, “Ant.” 887; ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς NT.John.14.18; ἀ. τι ἀόριστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a39)]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b20, compare 987b14)]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1166a34, compare “Pol.” 1286a5, 1289b12.)]
III.2 with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι “PLond.” 2.144.14(1st c.AD).)]
IV with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25, compare 6.62, +others, etc.: with)]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.6)]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.7.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.9.15; ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω “POxy.” 413.184 (1st c.AD))]; ἄφες ἵνα.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.19)]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Mark.11.16)]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981b24.)]
V seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; compare 11.2b.)]
V.2 with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 94.)]
B middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101.)]
B.2 loose something of one's own from, δειρῆς δ᾽ οὔ πω.. ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240.)]
B.3 frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521; τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178; μὴ ἀφίεσο τοῦ Θεαιτήτου, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρώτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b, etc.; ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.1; ἀφέμενος τῆς ἰαμβικῆς ἰδέας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8.)]