εως (ἡ) [ᾰ] litt. action de laisser aller, d’où :
   I envoi (de vaisseaux), PHILIPP. (DÉM. 251, 3) ; part. :
      1 action de laisser partir les chars et les coureurs dans la carrière, DS. 4, 73 ; d’où entrée de la carrière, PAUS. 5, 14, 4, etc. ;
      2 départ d’un essaim, d’où essaim, ARSTT. H.A. 9, 40, 25 ;
      3 émission, éjaculation, ARSTT. P.A. 4, 13, 26, etc. ;
   II action de congédier, d’où :
      1 renvoi, licenciement d’esclaves, de prisonniers, PLAT. Pol. 273 c ;
      2 répudiation d’une femme, PLUT. Pomp. 44 ;
      3 décharge du service militaire, PLUT. Ages. 24 ; remise d’une dette, ISOCR. 364 d ; DÉM. 893, 13 ; 1114, 8 ; SPT. Deut. 15, 3, etc. ; remise ou absolution d’une faute, PLAT. Leg. 869 d.

Étym. ἀφε- rad. verb. de ἀφίημι.

εως, ἡ, (< ἀφίημι) letting go, release, περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως Philipp. ap. D. 18.77, cf. Pl. Plt. 273c; καρπῶν PAmh. 2.43.9 (ii BC); γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει land in private hands, opp. βασιλική, PTeb. 5.37 (ii BC), etc. of persons, dismissal; in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ. Apul. Met. 11.17; release, Plb. 1.79.12, IG 2.314.21, Ev. Luc. 4.18. c. gen., ἀ. φόνου quittance from murder, Pl. Lg. 869d; so abs., Hermog. Stat. 8; discharge from a bond, D. 33.3; ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι Id. 45.41; opp. ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, Isoc. 17.29; exemption from attendance, leave of absence, Arist. Ath. 30.6; ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption from service, Plu. Ages. 24; remission of a debt, ταλάντου Michel 1340B 7 (Cnidus, ii BC); χρημάτων IPE 1². 32B 70 (Olbia, iii BC); sc. καταδίκης, Inscr.Magn. 93c16.
forgiveness, Ev. Marc. 3.29; ἁμαρτιῶν Ev. Matt. 26.28.
relaxation, exhaustion, Hp. Epid. 3.6.
divorce, τινὶ πέμπειν Plu. Pomp. 42.
starting of horses in a race, ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν D.S. 4.73; hence, starting-post itself, ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for τῇ φύσει) τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the starting-post, i.e. having completed the δίαυλος and come back to the starting-post, dub. cj. in S. El. 686, cf. Paus. 5.15.5, 6.20.9; metaph, the first start, beginning of anything, Man. 3.405, etc.
discharge, emission, ὕδατος Arist. PA 697a24; βέλους D.S. 17.41; τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ Arist. GA 756a12; τοῦ κυήματος Id. HA 608a1; the dropping of a foal, ib. 576a25.
discharge, release of an engine, Ph. Bel. 58.24. = ἀφεσμός, Arist. HA 625a20 (pl.).
release, ὕδατος PPetr. 2 p. 34 (iii BC); hence, in concrete sense, conduit, sluice, ib. 3 p. 88, PFlor. 388.44 (iii AD); pl., ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης channels, LXX 2 Ki. 22.16.
Astrol., reckoning of the vital quadrant, Ptol. Tetr. 127, cf. Vett.Val. 136.2 (but ἀπὸ Λέοντος τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιούμενοι, simply, starting from…, Id. 31.8).

ἡ,
1) das Entlassen, die Loslassung, πλοίων Dem. 18.77 ; eines Gefangenen, Pol. 1.79 u. öfter ; das Abschießen eines Geschosses, 27.9 ; die Entlassung der Frau, Ehescheidung, Plut. Pomp. 44 ; das Loslassen eines Rennpferdes aus den Schranken und diese selbst, Paus. 6.20.7 ; Poll. 3.147 ; Eröffnung der Schranken ; von einer Stute, das Fohlen, Arist. H.A. 6.22.
2) das Erlassen einer Schuld od. Strafe, φόνου Plat. Legg. IX.869d ; ὀφλήματος καὶ τάξεως Dem. 24.45.
3) = ἀφεσμός, Arist. H.A. 9.40.

ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀφίημι), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל, דְּרוֹר, etc. (see Deiss., BS, 98 ff.; MM, see word) ;]
__1. dismissal, release: Luk.4:18.
__2. Metaph., of sins (never in LXX), pardon, remission of penalty: ἁμαρτιῶν, Mat.26:28, Mrk.1:4, Luk.1:77 3:3 24:47, Act.2:38 5:31 10:43 13:38 26:18, Col.1:14; παραπτωμάτων, Eph.1:7; absol., Mrk.3:29, Heb.9:22 10:18 (cf. DB, ii, 56; DCG, i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.).†
SYN.: πάρεσις, which see (and cf. Tr., § xxxiii) (AS)