ἐλευθερ-όω,
set free, τὰς Ἀθήνας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62; Ἰωνίην [prev. author] 4.137; πατρίδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 403; πόλιν [prev. author] “Ch.” 1046, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.144; δούλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὸν ἔσπλουν set the entrance free, clear it, [[ [prev. author] 3.51 ] Refs]; release a debtor, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτὸν πᾶν ἐλευθεροῖ στόμα he keeps his tongue altogether free, i.e. does not commit himself by speech, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 706 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; free from blame, acquit, τινά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be set free, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 127, +others; τυράννων [prev. author] 5.62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; indulge in licence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 575a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 c.genitive, set free, release from, φόνου [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1449; χρεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566e; ἀρότρου βοῦν 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 5.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐλευθεροῦντες ἐκ δρασμῶν πόδα, i.e. ceasing to flee, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1010:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῶνδε τῶν τόπων ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114b; ἀπὸ τῶν πλουσίων [prev. author] “R.” 569a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]