A.“ἀφίης” Pl.Phlb.50d, etc., 3sg. ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει, Ion. “ἀπίει” Hdt.2.96, 1pl. “ἀφίεμεν” Ar.Nu.1426; imper. “ἀφίει” Id.V.428: impf. ἀφίειν, with double augm. “ἠφίειν” Pl.Euthd.293a; 3sg. “ἀφίει” Il. 1.25, IG22.777.15, D.6.20, Ion. “ἀπίει” Hdt.4.157, “ἠφίει” Th.2.49, Pl. Ly.222b, “ἤφιε” Ev.Marc.11.16; 2pl. “ἀφίετε” D.23.188; 3pl. ἀφίεσαν E.Heracl.821, Th.2.76, D.21.79, etc., “ἠφίεσαν” X.HG4.6.11, “ἠφίουν” Is. 6.40 (dub.): fut. “ἀφήσω” Il.2.263, etc., Ion. “ἀπ-” Hdt.7.193: pf.“ἀφεῖκα” X.An.2.3.13, D.56.26: aor. I ἀφῆκα, Ion.ἀπ-, Ep.ἀφέηκα, used in ind. only, Il.23.841, etc.: aor. 2 ind. only in dual and pl., ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσαν; imper. ἄφες, subj. ἀφῶ, opt. αφείην (2pl. “ἀφεῖτε” Th.1.139), inf. ἀφεῖναι, part. ἀφείς:—Med., ἀφίεμαι, Ion. ἀπίεμαι, Hdt.3.101, Th.2.60, etc.: impf.3sg. “ἀφίετο” Od.23.240, D.25.47: fut. “ἀφήσομαι” E.Hel.1629: aor. 2 “ἀφείμην” X.Hier.7.11; imper. ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, S.OT1521, Ar.Ec.509; inf. “-έσθαι” Isoc.6.83, part. “-έμενος” Pl.R.354b; Arc.inf.“ἀφεῶσθαι” SIG306.19(Tegea, iv B. C.):—Pass., pf. “ἀφεῖμαι” S.Ant.1165, Pl.Lg.635a; inf.“ἀφεῖσθαι” SIG577.77 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.): plpf. 2sg. “ἀφεῖσο” Men.Epit.572: rarer pf. 3pl. “ἀφέωνται” Ev.Jo.20.23, imper. “ἀφεώσθω” IG5(2).6.14: aor. “ἀφείθην” E.Ph.1377, “ἀφέθην” Batr.87, Ion. “ἀπείθην” Hdt.6.112; later Aeol. inf. “ἀφέθην” Milet.3 No.152.34 (ii B. C.): fut. “ἀφεθήσομαι” Pl.R.472a, etc. [ι^ mostly in Ep. (except in augm. tenses): ι_ always in Att. Hom. also has ἀφι_ετε, metri gr., Od.7.126]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, Il.10.372, 23.432; “ἀφῆκ᾽ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν” 8.133; “ἀπῆκε βέλος” Hdt.9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, Pl.R.373d; “ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν” Plu.Alc.13; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, Hdt.2.15, E.Hipp.991; ἀ. φθογγήν ib.418; “ἔπος” S.OC731; “φωνάς” D.18.218; “γόους” E.El.59 (v. infr. 11.2); “ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί” Id.Hipp.1324; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to . . (v. infr. 11.2), S.Ant.1088; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon . . , D.22.58; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, Aeschin.3.153; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, Pl.Ly.222b; freq.of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., Arist.HA487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, ib.568b30, a22; of plants, “ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι” putting forth, Od.7.126, cf. Thphr.HP7.7.3; of a spider, “ἀ. ἀράχνιον” Arist.HA555b5; “ἱδρῶτα” Plu.Mar.26; put forth, produce, “καρπόν” Thphr.HP3.4.5; φύλλον ib. 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα leave issue, Ev.Marc.12.22):—Pass., to be emitted, Il.4.77 (tm.); of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, Hdt.6.112.
3. give up or hand over to, “τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι” Hdt.9.106; “ἐχθροῖς αἶαν” A.Th.306; “ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι” Th.2.13:—Pass., “ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη” Hdt.8.49.
II. send away,
b. let go, loose, set free, “ζωόν τινα ἀ.” 20.464; let loose, “βοῦς” Hdt.4.69; “περιστεράς” Alex.62.3; “ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον” Th.1.139; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, Pl.R.591a, Lg.765c; “τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους” Plb.18.46.5; “ἀφέντ᾽ ἐᾶν τινα” S.Aj.754, cf. E.Fr.463; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, S.OT320, E.IT739: c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, release from a thing, “ἀποικίης” Hdt.4.157: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, “φόνου τινα” D.37.59 (abs., ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ ibid.); “συναλλαγμάτων” Id.33.12: c. acc. only, acquit, Antipho 2.1.2, etc. (v. infr. 2 c):—Pass., “κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι” Th.4.106; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, Arist.Pol.1275a15; “ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο” Men.Epit.572.
c. let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, Hdt.1.77, etc.; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opp. λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) Ar.V.595.
d. put away, divorce, “γυναῖκα” Hdt.5.39; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, E.Andr.973; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, Arist.EN1163b22 (but with metaph. from releasing a debtor).
2. of things, get rid of, “ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν” Il. 11.642; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, 13.444; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (v. supr. 1.1), A.Pr.317; “ὀργήν τινι” Arr.An.1.10.6; γόους (v. supr. 1.1) E.Or.1022; “νόσημα” Hp.Prorrh.2.39; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, E.Hec.571, Or.1171: in Prose, give up, leave off, “μόχθον” Hdt.1.206; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, Th.5.78, 115, etc.:—Med., “ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν” D.S.19.1.
c. in legal sense (v. supr. Ib), c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, Id.6.30; “τὰς ἁμαρτάδας” Id.8.140.β᾽, cf.Ev.Matt.6.12, al.; “τὰς δίκας . . ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις” D.21.79; “ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς” Id.59.30, cf.IG22.43A27; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, Ar.Nu.1426; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Lexap.And.1.98; “φόρον” Plb.21.24.8 (Pass.); “δάνειόν τινι” Ev.Matt.18.27.
III. leave alone, pass by, Hdt.3.95, etc.; neglect, τὰ θ<*>εῖα S.OC1537; “τὸν καιρόν” D.1.8; “λέκτρων εὐνάς” A.Pers.544: folld. by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν leave unguarded, Hdt.8.70; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, S.OC1279, Ant.887; “ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς” Ev.Jo. 14.18; “ἀ. τι ἀόριστον” Arist.Pol.1265a39; leave, “περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν” Id.Metaph.985b20, cf. 987b14:—Pass., esp. in pf. imper., “ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος” missum fiat, Id.EN1166a34, cf. Pol.1286a5, 1289b12.
2. c. acc. et inf., ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, Hdt.1.194; “μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι” PLond.2.144.14(i A. D.).
IV. c. acc. pers. et inf., suffer, permit one to do a thing, “ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν” Hdt.3.25, cf. 6.62, al., etc.: with inf. understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (sc. θεᾶσθαι)“ οἱ θεατρῶναι” Thphr.Char.30.6: c. subj., “ἄφες ἐκβάλω” Ev.Matt.7.4, cf. Arr.Epict.1.9.15; “ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω” POxy.413.184 (i A. D.); ἄφες ἵνα . . Arr.Epict.4.13.19; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα . . Ev.Marc.11.16:—Pass., “ἀφείθη σχολάζειν” Arist.Metaph.981b24.
V. seemingly intr. (sc. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., Hdt.7.193; “ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος” Th.7.19; cf. 11.2b.