ἀφίημι
Etym. ι short in epic, except in augm. tenses: ι_ attic
I. "to send forth, discharge", Lat. emittere, of missiles, Hom., etc.:—hence "to let loose, utter, give vent to" words, Hdt., Trag.
2. "to let fall", Il.
3. "to send forth" an expedition, "dispatch" it, Hdt.: Pass., of troops, id=Hdt.
4. "to give up or hand over to", τινι τί id=Hdt., attic:—Pass., ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη Hdt.
II. "to send away, let go, loose, set free", Il., attic:—c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, "to set free from" a thing, "let off from", Hdt.: in legal sense "to release from" an engagement, accusation, etc., ἀφ. τινὰ φόνου Dem.
2. "to dissolve, disband, break up" an army, Hdt.:— "to dismiss" the council or law-courts, Ar.
3. "to put away, divorce", Hdt.
4. "to let go as an ἄφετος, consecrate", Xen.
5. of things, "to get rid of", δίψαν Il.; "to shed" its blossoms, of plants, Od.; "to slacken" its force, of a dart, Il.
6. ἀφ. πλοῖον ἐς.. "to loose" ship for a place, Hdt.
7. in legal sense, c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἀφ. τινὶ αἰτίην "to remit" him a charge or a fine, Hdt., Dem.
III. "to leave alone, give up, let pass, neglect", Hdt., attic; foll. by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀφ. "to leave" unguarded.
2. c. acc. et inf., ἀφ. τι δημόσιον εἶναι "to give up to be" public property, Thuc.; ἀφ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι "to let" the boat be carried away, Hdt.
3. c. acc. pers. et inf. "to let, suffer, permit" one to do a thing, id=Hdt., Plat., etc.
IV. seemingly intr. (sub. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), "to break up, march, sail", etc., Hdt.
B. Mid. "to send forth from oneself, send forth", attic
2. δειρῆς ἀφίετο πήχεε "she loosed her" arms from off "my" neck.
3. c. gen. only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ "let go hold of" the children, Soph., Thuc.