let loose, ranging at large,
ἄφετ-ος,ον, (ἀφίημι)
A. let loose, ranging at large,esp. of sacred flocks thatwere free from work,
ἄ. ἀλᾶσθαι γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις
A. Pr. 666
; ἀφέτων ὄντων ταύρων ἐν τῷ . . ἱερῷ
Pl. Criti. 119d
; νέμονται ὥσπερ ἄφετοι
Id. Prt. 320a
, cf. R. 498c , Isoc. 5.127 , Call. Del. 36 .
II. of persons,dedicated, free from worldly business,
E. Ion 822 , Plu. 2.768b ; [ γένη] ἀπόλυτα καὶ ἄ.
Iamb. Myst. 1.8
; ἄ. παντὸς τοῦ δεινοῦ
Max.Tyr. 3.9
.
2. of things, ἄ. ἡμέραι holidays,
Poll. 1.36
;νομὴ ἄ. freerange, of horses, Plu. Lys. 20 ; ὁρμαί
Ph. 2.380
, cf. Plu. 2.12a ; δρόμοι
Id. Cleom. 34
; ἐξουσία τοῦ λέγειν
Phld. Herc. 862.10
; κακουργίαι
Id. Piet. 21
; τὸ ἄ. τῆς κόμης
Luc. Dom. 7
; τοῦ λόγου
Hermog. Id. 1.6
.Adv.
-τως, ὁρμᾶν freely,
Ph. 1.135
, cf. Dam. Pr. 307 ; ἀπολαύει
Phld. D. 3
Fr. 89 .
3. of style,rambling, prolix,
Luc. Tox. 56 .
III. Ἀφέται,pr. n., the placewhencethe Argonautsloosedtheir ship, Hdt. 7.193 .
