ἄφεσις,εως,ἡ, (ἀφίημι)
A. letting go, release, περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεωςPhilipp. ap. D. 18.77 , cf. Pl. Plt. 273c ; καρπῶν
PAmh. 2.43.9
(ii B. C.);γῆ ἐν ἀφέσειlandin private hands,opp.βασιλική,
PTeb. 5.37
(ii B. C.), etc.
b. of persons,dismissal: in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ.
Apul. Met. 11.17
;release,
Plb. 1.79.12 , IG 2.314.21 , Ev.Luc. 4.18 .
2. c. gen.,ἀ. φόνου quittance frommurder, Pl. Lg. 869d : so abs., Hermog. Stat. 8 ;discharge froma bond, D. 33.3 ; ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι
Id. 45.41
; opp.ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων,
Isoc. 17.29 ;exemption from attendance, leave of absence,
Arist. Ath. 30.6 ;ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption fromservice, Plu. Ages. 24 ;remissionof a debt, ταλάντου