- ἄφετος
- ἄφετ-ος, ον, ([etym.] ἀφίημι)A let loose, ranging at large, esp. of sacred flocks that were free from work,
ἄ. ἀλᾶσθαι γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις A.Pr.666
;ἀφέτων ὄντων ταύρων ἐν τῷ . . ἱερῷ Pl. Criti.119d
;νέμονται ὥσπερ ἄφετοι Id.Prt.320a
, cf. R.498c, Isoc.5.127, Call.Del.36.II of persons, dedicated, free from worldly business, E.Ion822, Plu.2.768b; [γένη] ἀπόλυτα καὶ ἄ. Iamb.Myst.1.8
;ἄ. παντὸς τοῦ δεινοῦ Max.Tyr.3.9
.2 of things,ἄ. ἡμέραι
holidays,Poll.
1.36; νομὴ ἄ. free range, of horses, Plu.Lys.20;ὁρμαί Ph.2.380
, cf. Plu.2.12a;δρόμοι Id.Cleom.34
;ἐξουσία τοῦ λέγειν Phld.Herc.862.10
;κακουργίαι Id.Piet.21
;τὸ ἄ. τῆς κόμης Luc.Dom.7
;τοῦ λόγου Hermog.Id.1.6
. Adv.-τως, ὁρμᾶν
freely,Ph.
1.135, cf. Dam.Pr.307;ἀπολαύει Phld.D.3
Fr.89.3 of style, rambling, prolix, Luc.Tox. 56.III Ἀφέται, pr. n., the place whence the Argonauts loosed their ship, Hdt.7.193.
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