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

  • οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι διά τε τὰ εἰρημένα ἀφετέοι, καὶ διότι μετρικοί· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 8 5:1)
  • οὗτοι μὲν οὖν, καθάπερ εἴπομεν, ἀφετέοι πρὸσ τὴν νῦν ζήτησιν, οἱ μὲν δύο καὶ πάμπαν ὡσ ὄντεσ μικρὸν ἀγροικότεροι, Ξενοφάνησ καὶ Μέλισσοσ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 121:2)

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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