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ἀφέσεως (apheseos)

ἀφέσεως is an Ancient Greek form of ἄφεσις, meaning “release, forgiveness; starting-gate”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Otho 1.1: … λσον ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὑτὸν ἠσπάσατο καὶ διελέχθη φιλανθρώπως, καὶ παρεκάλεσε τῆς αἰτίας ἐπιλαθέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἀφέσεως μνημονεύειν. τοῦ δὲ Κέλσου μήτε ἀγεννῶς ἀποκριναμένου μήτʼ ἀναισθήτως, ἀλλά φήσαντος αὐτὸ τοῦ τρόπου διδόναι …

All forms of ἄφεσις (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.