ἀπελεύθερ-ος, ὁ,
restored to freedom, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 193] Refs 5th c.BC+]; emancipated slave, freedman, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930d; ἀ. τινος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δοῦλος and μέτοικος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278a2; ἀ. ἀφιέναι τινά 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.41: _metaphorically_, ἀ. κυρίου NT.1Cor.7.22] NT+5th c.BC+]:—feminine ἀπελευθέρα, Ionic dialect ἀπελευθέρη, ἡ, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.75, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 436.] Refs 5th c.BC+]