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ἔφεσις , εως, , (ἐφίημι)
A.throwing or hurling at, shooting, “ τοῖς βέλεσιν .Pl.Lg.717a.
2. (“ἐφίημιA. IV) as law-term, appeal to a judicial tribunal from a lower tribunal, IG12.39.74; from an administrative decision, “ εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον .Arist.Ath.9.1, cf. 45.2, 55.2; from the vote of a δῆμος, D.57.6; also of appeals to a popular assembly, “ἀπὸ βουλῆς ἐπὶ δῆμονPoll.8.62; “ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον ἀπὸ τῶν πατρικίωνD.H.6.58; “πρὸς τὸν Ἐρχιέων δῆμονId.Is.14.
3. permission, licence, Sammelb.6236.39 (Theadelphia, i B.C.).
II. (ἐφίεμαι) aiming at a thing, appetite, desire, τινος Archyt. ap. Stob.2.31.120, Pl.Lg.864b, Arist.EN1114b6, Gal.Nat.Fac.3.6, Plot.5.5.12, etc.: abs., Pl.Def. 413c; “ἐφέσεις καὶ διώξειςPlu.2.468c.
2. attempt upon, c. gen., “. τῆς ἀρχῆς ποιήσασθαιD.C.71.23, cf. 43.38.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 45.2
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 55.2
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 9.1
    • Demosthenes, Against Eubulides, 6
    • Plato, Laws, 717a
    • Plato, Laws, 864b
    • Galen, De naturalibus facultatibus, 3.6
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 6.58
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isaeo, 14
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 43.38
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