ή, όν, vers qui ou vers quoi l’on tend, désirable, ARSTT. Phys. 1, 9, 3 ; cf. PLUT. M. 374 d.

Étym. vb. de ἐφίημι.

ή, όν, (< ἐφίεμαι) desirable, θεῖόν τι καὶ ἐ. Arist. Ph. 192a17, cf. Plu. 2.374d; ἐφετόν, τό, object, τὸ γνωστὸν ἐ. ἐστι τοῦ γναστικοῦ Dam. Pr. 27; οἰκεῖον ἐ. ib. 12. ἐφετο[ς] perh. for ἐφ’ ἕτος, = ἐπ’ ἔτος, this year΄s, IG 5(2).433.7 (Megalon., ii BC); [τῷ πρὸ τοῦ ἐ]φ’ ἕτος ἐνιαυτῷ SIG 742.56 (Ephesus, i BC).

adj. verb. zu ἐφίημι, wonach gestrebt wird, wünschenswert, Arist. phys.ausc. l, 9 u. Folgde, wie Plut. Is. et Os. 57 τοῦ πρώτου ἐραστοῦ καὶ ἐφετοῦ καὶ τελείου u. non posse 8 τὸ ἐφετὸν καὶ τὸ αἱρετόν.
• Adv. ἐφετῶς, Sp.