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

  • λέγεται γὰρ ὡσ ἐξ Ἀφετέων δὺσ ἐσ τὴν θάλασσαν οὐ πρότερον ἀνέσχε πρὶν ἢ ἀπίκετο ἐπὶ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον, σταδίουσ μάλιστά κῃ τούτουσ ἐσ ὀγδώκοντα διὰ τῆσ θαλάσσησ διεξελθών. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 8 3:2)

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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