ἀφίημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “to send, throw”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰǐː.ɛː.mi/ → /aˈɸi.i.mi/ → /aˈfi.i.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰǐː.ɛː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰi.e̝.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸi.i.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfi.i.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfi.i.mi/

Verb

ἀφῑ́ημῐ • (aphī́ēmi)

1. to send forth, discharge, emit
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.372
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.432
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.133
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.18
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 373D
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.15
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 991
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 731
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 59
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 1324
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1088
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Lysis 222B
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.1.13
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 4.1.11
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.14.12
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.27.2
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.77
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.112
   1. to let fall from one's grasp
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.221
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.508D
      • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 797
   2. (in prose) to send forth, dispatch
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.69
   3. to give up or hand over
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.106
      • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 306
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.49
2. to send away
   1. (of people)
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.25
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.263
      1. to let go, loose, set free
         • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.464
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.139
         • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 591A
         • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 754
         • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 320
         • 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 739
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.157
      2. to let go, dissolve, disband, break up, dismiss
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.77
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.122
         • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 173
         • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 377
      3. to put away, divorce
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.39
         • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 973
         • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 8.14.4
      4. to let go as an ἄφετος (áphetos)
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 5.14
         • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Critias 116C
   2. (of things) to get rid of, shed, give up
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.642
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.126
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.444
      • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 315
      • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1022
      • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 571
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.206
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.78
      1. (with πλοῖον (ploîon)) to set sail
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.42
      2. (law) to remit, excuse
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.30
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.140
         • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1426
3. to leave alone, pass by, not notice
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.95
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1537
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 544
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.70
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1279
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 887
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 2.6.10
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 9.4.6
   1. (with accusative and infitive) to donate to public property
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.13
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.194
4. (with accusative and infinitive) to allow, let, permit
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.25
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.1.16

   Antonym: ἐμποδίζω (empodízō)

5. (seemingly intransitive) to break up, march, sail
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.193
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.19
   1. (with infinitive) to give up doing
      • Diphil., Incert. 14
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.6.4
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.4.12
6. (in middle voice) to send forth from oneself
   1. to loose something of one's own
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.240
   2. (often in Attic, with genitive) to let go of
      • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1521
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.60
      • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 458C
      • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 25.22
      • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 146B
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 5.6

Inflection

   Present: ἀφῑ́ημῐ, ἀφῑ́εμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφῑ́ημῐ	ἀφῑ́ης	ἀφῑ́ησῐ(ν)	ἀφῑ́ετον	ἀφῑ́ετον	ἀφῑ́εμεν	ἀφῑ́ετε	ἀφῑέᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀφῑῶ	ἀφῑῇς	ἀφῑῇ	ἀφῑῆτον	ἀφῑῆτον	ἀφῑῶμεν	ἀφῑῆτε	ἀφῑῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφῑείην	ἀφῑείης	ἀφῑείη	ἀφῑεῖτον, ἀφῑείητον	ἀφῑείτην, ἀφῑειήτην	ἀφῑεῖμεν, ἀφῑείημεν	ἀφῑεῖτε, ἀφῑείητε	ἀφῑεῖεν, ἀφῑείησᾰν
	imperative		ἀφῑ́ει	ἀφῑέτω	ἀφῑ́ετον	ἀφῑέτων		ἀφῑ́ετε	ἀφῑέντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀφῑ́εμαι	ἀφῑ́εσαι	ἀφῑ́εται	ἀφῑ́εσθον	ἀφῑ́εσθον	ἀφῑέμεθᾰ	ἀφῑ́εσθε	ἀφῑ́ενται
	subjunctive	ἀφῑῶμαι	ἀφῑῇ	ἀφῑῆται	ἀφῑῆσθον	ἀφῑῆσθον	ἀφῑώμεθᾰ	ἀφῑῆσθε	ἀφῑῶνται
	optative	ἀφῑείμην	ἀφῑεῖο	ἀφῑεῖτο, ἀφῑοῖτο	ἀφῑεῖσθον, ἀφῑοῖσθον	ἀφῑείσθην, ἀφῑοίσθην	ἀφῑείμεθᾰ, ἀφῑοίμεθᾰ	ἀφῑεῖσθε, ἀφῑοῖσθε	ἀφῑεῖντο, ἀφῑοῖντο
	imperative		ἀφῑ́εσο	ἀφῑέσθω	ἀφῑ́εσθον	ἀφῑέσθων		ἀφῑ́εσθε	ἀφῑέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀφῑέναι				ἀφῑ́εσθαι
participle	m	ἀφῑείς				ἀφῑέμενος
	f	ἀφῑεῖσᾰ				ἀφῑεμένη
	n	ἀφῑέν				ἀφῑέμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἀφῑ́ην, ἀφῑέμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφῑ́ην	ἀφῑ́εις	ἀφῑ́ει	ἀφῑ́ετον	ἀφῑέτην	ἀφῑ́εμεν	ἀφῑ́ετε	ἀφῑ́εσᾰν
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀφῑέμην	ἀφῑ́εσο	ἀφῑ́ετο	ἀφῑ́εσθον	ἀφῑέσθην	ἀφῑέμεθᾰ	ἀφῑ́εσθε	ἀφῑ́εντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠφῑ́ην, ἠφῑέμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἠφῑ́ην	ἠφῑ́εις	ἠφῑ́ει	ἠφῑ́ετον	ἠφῑέτην	ἠφῑ́εμεν	ἠφῑ́ετε	ἠφῑ́εσᾰν
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠφῑέμην	ἠφῑ́εσο	ἠφῑ́ετο	ἠφῑ́εσθον	ἠφῑέσθην	ἠφῑέμεθᾰ	ἠφῑ́εσθε	ἠφῑ́εντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἀφήσω, ἀφήσομαι, ἀφεθήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφήσω	ἀφήσεις	ἀφήσει	ἀφήσετον	ἀφήσετον	ἀφήσομεν	ἀφήσετε	ἀφήσουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφήσοιμῐ	ἀφήσοις	ἀφήσοι	ἀφήσοιτον	ἀφησοίτην	ἀφήσοιμεν	ἀφήσοιτε	ἀφήσοιεν
middle	indicative	ἀφήσομαι	ἀφήσῃ, ἀφήσει	ἀφήσεται	ἀφήσεσθον	ἀφήσεσθον	ἀφησόμεθᾰ	ἀφήσεσθε	ἀφήσονται
	optative	ἀφησοίμην	ἀφήσοιο	ἀφήσοιτο	ἀφήσοισθον	ἀφησοίσθην	ἀφησοίμεθᾰ	ἀφήσοισθε	ἀφήσοιντο
passive	indicative	ἀφεθήσομαι	ἀφεθήσῃ	ἀφεθήσεται	ἀφεθήσεσθον	ἀφεθήσεσθον	ἀφεθησόμεθᾰ	ἀφεθήσεσθε	ἀφεθήσονται
	optative	ἀφεθησοίμην	ἀφεθήσοιο	ἀφεθήσοιτο	ἀφεθήσοισθον	ἀφεθησοίσθην	ἀφεθησοίμεθᾰ	ἀφεθήσοισθε	ἀφεθήσοιντο
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ἀφήσειν			ἀφήσεσθαι		ἀφεθήσεσθαι
participle	m	ἀφήσων			ἀφησόμενος		ἀφεθησόμενος
	f	ἀφήσουσᾰ			ἀφησομένη		ἀφεθησομένη
	n	ἀφῆσον			ἀφησόμενον		ἀφεθησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἀπήσω, ἀπήσομαι (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀπήσω	ἀπήσεις	ἀπήσει	ἀπήσετον	ἀπήσετον	ἀπήσομεν	ἀπήσετε	ἀπήσουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀπήσοιμῐ	ἀπήσοις	ἀπήσοι	ἀπήσοιτον	ἀπησοίτην	ἀπήσοιμεν	ἀπήσοιτε	ἀπήσοιεν
middle	indicative	ἀπήσομαι	ἀπήσεαι	ἀπήσεται	ἀπήσεσθον	ἀπήσεσθον	ἀπησόμεθᾰ	ἀπήσεσθε	ἀπήσονται
	optative	ἀπησοίμην	ἀπήσοιο	ἀπήσοιτο	ἀπήσοισθον	ἀπησοίσθην	ἀπησοίμεθᾰ	ἀπήσοισθε	ἀπησοίᾰτο
		active			middle
infinitive		ἀπήσειν			ἀπήσεσθαι
participle	m	ἀπήσων			ἀπησόμενος
	f	ἀπήσουσᾰ			ἀπησομένη
	n	ἀπῆσον			ἀπησόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀφῆκᾰ, ἀφηκᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφῆκᾰ	ἀφῆκᾰς	ἀφῆκε(ν)	ἀφήκᾰτον	ἀφηκᾰ́την	ἀφήκᾰμεν	ἀφήκᾰτε	ἀφῆκᾰν
middle	indicative	ἀφηκᾰ́μην	ἀφήκω	ἀφήκᾰτο	ἀφήκᾰσθον	ἀφηκᾰ́σθην	ἀφηκᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἀφήκᾰσθε	ἀφήκᾰντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀπῆκᾰ, ἀπηκᾰ́μην (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀπῆκᾰ	ἀπῆκᾰς	ἀπῆκε(ν)	ἀπήκᾰτον	ἀπηκᾰ́την	ἀπήκᾰμεν	ἀπήκᾰτε	ἀπῆκᾰν
middle	indicative	ἀπηκᾰ́μην	ἀπήκω	ἀπήκᾰτο	ἀπήκᾰσθον	ἀπηκᾰ́σθην	ἀπηκᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἀπήκᾰσθε	ἀπήκᾰντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀφέηκᾰ, ἀφεηκᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφέηκᾰ	ἀφέηκᾰς	ἀφέηκε(ν)	ἀφεήκᾰτον	ἀφεηκᾰ́την	ἀφεήκᾰμεν	ἀφεήκᾰτε	ἀφέηκᾰν
middle	indicative	ἀφεηκᾰ́μην	ἀφεήκᾰο	ἀφεήκᾰτο	ἀφεήκᾰσθον	ἀφεηκᾰ́σθην	ἀφεηκᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	ἀφεήκᾰσθε	ἀφεήκᾰντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ᾰ̓φείμην, ᾰ̓φείθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative				ᾰ̓φεῖτον	ᾰ̓φείτην	ᾰ̓φεῖμεν	ᾰ̓φεῖτε	ᾰ̓φεῖσᾰν
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓φῶ	ᾰ̓φῇς	ᾰ̓φῇ	ᾰ̓φῆτον	ᾰ̓φῆτον	ᾰ̓φῶμεν	ᾰ̓φῆτε	ᾰ̓φῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓φείην	ᾰ̓φείης	ᾰ̓φείη	ᾰ̓φεῖτον, ᾰ̓φείητον	ᾰ̓φείτην, ᾰ̓φειήτην	ᾰ̓φεῖμεν, ᾰ̓φείημεν	ᾰ̓φεῖτε, ᾰ̓φείητε	ᾰ̓φεῖεν, ᾰ̓φείησᾰν
	imperative		ᾰ̓́φες	ᾰ̓φέτω	ᾰ̓́φετον	ᾰ̓φέτων		ᾰ̓́φετε	ᾰ̓φέντων
middle	indicative	ᾰ̓φείμην	ᾰ̓φεῖσο	ᾰ̓φεῖτο	ᾰ̓φεῖσθον	ᾰ̓φείσθην	ᾰ̓φείμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓φεῖσθε	ᾰ̓φεῖντο
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓φῶμαι	ᾰ̓φῇ	ᾰ̓φῆται	ᾰ̓φῆσθον	ᾰ̓φῆσθον	ᾰ̓φώμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓φῆσθε	ᾰ̓φῶνται
	optative	ᾰ̓φείμην	ᾰ̓φεῖο	ᾰ̓φεῖτο, ᾰ̓φοῖτο	ᾰ̓φεῖσθον	ᾰ̓φείσθην	ᾰ̓φείμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓φεῖσθε	ᾰ̓φεῖντο
	imperative		ᾰ̓φοῦ	ᾰ̓φέσθω	ᾰ̓φέσθον	ᾰ̓φέσθων		ᾰ̓φέσθε	ᾰ̓φέσθων
passive	indicative	ᾰ̓φείθην	ᾰ̓φείθης	ᾰ̓φείθη	ᾰ̓φείθητον	ᾰ̓φειθήτην	ᾰ̓φείθημεν	ᾰ̓φείθητε	ᾰ̓φείθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓φεθῶ	ᾰ̓φεθῇς	ᾰ̓φεθῇ	ᾰ̓φεθῆτον	ᾰ̓φεθῆτον	ᾰ̓φεθῶμεν	ᾰ̓φεθῆτε	ᾰ̓φεθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓φεθείην	ᾰ̓φεθείης	ᾰ̓φεθείη	ᾰ̓φεθεῖτον, ᾰ̓φεθείητον	ᾰ̓φεθείτην, ᾰ̓φεθειήτην	ᾰ̓φεθεῖμεν, ᾰ̓φεθείημεν	ᾰ̓φεθεῖτε, ᾰ̓φεθείητε	ᾰ̓φεθεῖεν, ᾰ̓φεθείησᾰν
	imperative		ᾰ̓φέθηθῐ	ᾰ̓φεθήτω	ᾰ̓φέθητον	ᾰ̓φεθήτων		ᾰ̓φέθητε	ᾰ̓φεθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ᾰ̓φεῖναι			ᾰ̓φέσθαι		ᾰ̓φεθῆναι
participle	m	ᾰ̓φείς			ᾰ̓φέμενος		ᾰ̓φεθείς
	f	ᾰ̓φεῖσᾰ			ᾰ̓φεμένη		ᾰ̓φεθεῖσᾰ
	n	ᾰ̓φέν			ᾰ̓φέμενον		ᾰ̓φεθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀφέθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἀφέθην	ἀφέθης	ἀφέθη	ἀφέθητον	ἀφεθήτην	ἀφέθημεν	ἀφέθητε	ἀφέθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ἀφεθῶ	ἀφεθῇς	ἀφεθῇ	ἀφεθῆτον	ἀφεθῆτον	ἀφεθῶμεν	ἀφεθῆτε	ἀφεθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφεθείην	ἀφεθείης	ἀφεθείη	ἀφεθεῖτον, ἀφεθείητον	ἀφεθείτην, ἀφεθειήτην	ἀφεθεῖμεν, ἀφεθείημεν	ἀφεθεῖτε, ἀφεθείητε	ἀφεθεῖεν, ἀφεθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἀφέθητῐ	ἀφεθήτω	ἀφέθητον	ἀφεθήτων		ἀφέθητε	ἀφεθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ἀφεθῆναι
participle	m						ἀφεθείς
	f						ἀφεθεῖσᾰ
	n						ἀφεθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἀπείθην (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἀπείθην	ἀπείθης	ἀπείθη	ἀπείθητον	ἀπειθήτην	ἀπείθημεν	ἀπείθητε	ἀπείθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ἀπεθῶ	ἀπεθῇς	ἀπεθῇ	ἀπεθῆτον	ἀπεθῆτον	ἀπεθῶμεν	ἀπεθῆτε	ἀπεθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀπεθείην	ἀπεθείης	ἀπεθείη	ἀπεθεῖτον, ἀπεθείητον	ἀπεθείτην, ἀπεθειήτην	ἀπεθεῖμεν, ἀπεθείημεν	ἀπεθεῖτε, ἀπεθείητε	ἀπέθειεν, ἀπεθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἀπέθητῐ	ἀπεθήτω	ἀπέθητον	ἀπεθήτων		ἀπέθητε	ἀπεθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ἀπεθῆναι
participle	m						ἀπεθείς
	f						ἀπεθεῖσᾰ
	n						ἀπεθέν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἀφεῖκᾰ, ἀφεῖμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀφεῖκᾰ	ἀφεῖκᾰς	ἀφεῖκε(ν)	ἀφείκᾰτον	ἀφείκᾰτον	ἀφείκᾰμεν	ἀφείκᾰτε	ἀφείκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀφείκω	ἀφείκῃς	ἀφείκῃ	ἀφείκητον	ἀφείκητον	ἀφείκωμεν	ἀφείκητε	ἀφείκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφείκοιμῐ, ἀφεικοίην	ἀφείκοις, ἀφεικοίης	ἀφείκοι, ἀφεικοίη	ἀφείκοιτον	ἀφεικοίτην	ἀφείκοιμεν	ἀφείκοιτε	ἀφείκοιεν
	imperative		ἀφεῖκε	ἀφεικέτω	ἀφείκετον	ἀφεικέτων		ἀφείκετε	ἀφεικόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀφεῖμαι	ἀφεῖσαι	ἀφεῖται	ἀφεῖσθον	ἀφεῖσθον	ἀφείμεθᾰ	ἀφεῖσθε	ἀφεῖνται
	subjunctive	ἀφειμένος ὦ	ἀφειμένος ᾖς	ἀφειμένος ᾖ	ἀφειμένω ἦτον	ἀφειμένω ἦτον	ἀφειμένοι ὦμεν	ἀφειμένοι ἦτε	ἀφειμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφειμένος εἴην	ἀφειμένος εἴης	ἀφειμένος εἴη	ἀφειμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἀφειμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἀφειμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἀφειμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἀφειμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἀφεῖσο	ἀφείσθω	ἀφεῖσθον	ἀφείσθων		ἀφεῖσθε	ἀφείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀφεικέναι				ἀφεῖσθαι
participle	m	ἀφεικώς				ἀφειμένος
	f	ἀφεικυῖᾰ				ἀφειμένη
	n	ἀφεικός				ἀφειμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἀφέωμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀφέωμαι	ἀφέωσαι	ἀφέωται	ἀφέωσθον	ἀφέωσθον	ἀφεώμεθᾰ	ἀφέωσθε	ἀφέωνται
	subjunctive	ἀφεωμένος ὦ	ἀφεωμένος ᾖς	ἀφεωμένος ᾖ	ἀφεωμένω ἦτον	ἀφεωμένω ἦτον	ἀφεωμένοι ὦμεν	ἀφεωμένοι ἦτε	ἀφεωμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀφεωμένος εἴην	ἀφεωμένος εἴης	ἀφεωμένος εἴη	ἀφεωμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἀφεωμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἀφεωμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἀφεωμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἀφεωμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἀφέωσο	ἀφεώσθω	ἀφέωσθον	ἀφεώσθων		ἀφέωσθε	ἀφεώσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἀφεῶσθαι
participle	m					ἀφεωμένος
	f					ἀφεωμένη
	n					ἀφεωμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Pluperfect: ἀφείμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀφείμην	ἄφεισο	ἄφειτο	ἄφεισθον	ἀφείσθην	ἀφείμεθᾰ	ἄφεισθε	ἄφειντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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)

References

• “ἀφίημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀφίημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀφίημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀφίημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφίημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀφίημι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀφίημι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G863 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible