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ἀφίημι

ἀφίημι

Ancient Greek

Verb

ἀφῑ́ημῐ (aphī́ēmi)

  1. to send forth, discharge, emit
    1. to let fall from one's grasp
    2. (in prose) to send forth, dispatch
    3. to give up or hand over
  2. to send away
    1. (of people)
      1. to let go, loose, set free
      2. to let go, dissolve, disband, break up, dismiss
      3. to put away, divorce
      4. to let go as an ἄφετος (áphetos)
    2. (of things) to get rid of, shed, give up
      1. (with πλοῖον (ploîon)) to set sail
      2. (law) to remit, excuse
  3. to leave alone, pass by, not notice
    1. (with accusative and infitive) to donate to public property
  4. (with accusative and infinitive) to allow, let, permit
  5. (seemingly intransitive) to break up, march, sail
    1. (with infinitive) to give up doing
  6. (in middle voice) to send forth from oneself
    1. to loose something of one's own
    2. (often in Attic, with genitive) to let go of

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνταφίημι (antaphíēmi)
  • διαφίημι (diaphíēmi)
  • εἰσαφίημι (eisaphíēmi)
  • ἐναφίημι (enaphíēmi)
  • ἐξαφίημι (exaphíēmi)
  • ἐπαφίημι (epaphíēmi)
  • καταφίημι (kataphíēmi)
  • παραφίημι (paraphíēmi)
  • προαφίημι (proaphíēmi)
  • προσαφίημι (prosaphíēmi)
  • συναφίημι (sunaphíēmi)

Related terms

  • ἄφεμα (áphema)
  • ἀφέσιμος (aphésimos)
  • ἄφεσις (áphesis)
  • ἀφετέον (aphetéon)
  • ἀφετήρ (aphetḗr)
  • ἀφετήριος (aphetḗrios)
  • ἀφέτης (aphétēs)
  • ἀφετικός (aphetikós)
  • ἄφετος (áphetos)

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