ἀφέτ-ης,ου,ὁ, (
A.
ἀφίημἰ one who lets off a military engine,
Plb. 4.56.3
.
b. teacher of ballistic,
IG 2.465.22 .
c. starterin races, POxy. 152.1
(vii A.D.).
2. Astrol.,prorogator,heavenly body which determines the vital quadrant, Ptol. Tetr. 131 .
II.
Pass. ,a freed-slaveamong the Spartans, Myro 2 .