Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφετέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφετέος ἀφετέα ἀφετέον

Structure: ἀφετε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)fi/hmi의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must dismiss
  2. to be let go

Examples

  • οἶσθα γὰρ εἴπερ τισ ἄλλοσ ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐκ ἀφετέοσ εἶ ὥσπερ ὁ Πρωτεὺσ πρὶν ἂν εἴπῃσ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 82:2)

Synonyms

  1. one must dismiss

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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