A.“ἀφίημἰ” one who lets off a military engine, Plb.4.56.3.
b. teacher of ballistic, IG2.465.22.
c. starter in races, POxy.152.1 (vii A.D.).
2. Astrol., prorogator, heavenly body which determines the vital quadrant, Ptol.Tetr.131.
II. Pass., a freed-slave among the Spartans, Myro2.