ἄνεσις

ἄνεσις, gen. εως, [dialect] Ion. ιος, ἡ: ([etym.] ἀνιημι):—

A loosening, relaxing, τῶν χορδῶν of the strings, opp. ἐπίτασις, Pl.R.349e; coupled with χάλασις, ib.590b;

τῆς αἰσθήσεως . . δεσμὸν τὸν ὕπνον εἶναί φαμεν, τὴν δέ . . ἄνεσιν ἐγρήγορσιν Arist.Somn.Vig.454b27

;

ἀέρος Thphr.CP2.1.6

; πάγων ἄ., i.e. a thaw, Plu.Sert.17; of the ebb-tide, Str.7.2.1.

2 metaph., remission, abatement,

κακῶν Hdt.5.28

; opp. θλῖψις, 2 Ep.Cor.8.13, al.; λύπης, μοχθηρίας, etc., Plu.2.102b, etc.;

τὴν ἡδονὴν ἄνεσιν λαμβάνειν Phld.D.3

Fr.1; ἄ. φόρων, τελῶν, remission of tribute, taxes, Plu.Sert.6, IG7.2227 ([place name] Thisbe), etc.;

κολάσεως Plot.4.3.24

; of fevers, opp. παροξυσμός, Gal.7.427.

3 relaxation, recreation, opp. σπουδή, Pl.Lg.724a, Arist.Rh.1371b34, cf. Cleanth.Stoic.1.122;

ἄ. καὶ σχολή Plb.1.66.10

;

ψυχῆς Mnesith.Ath.

ap. Ath.11.484a.

4 solution, Dsc.5.96.

5 = τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς Archig. ap. Gal.7.424.

II indulgence, licence,

ἡδονῶν Pl.R.561a

;

ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν παρ' ὑμῖν ἄ. Id.Lg.637c

, cf. Arist.Pol.1270a1; δούλων ib.1313b35; relaxation of custody, Act.Ap.24.23.

III of musical pitch, Aristid.Quint.1.5; of an unaccented syll., Phld.Po.2.18.