ἄφεσιν (aphesin)

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

Found 111 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Nicias 19.7: … κελεύοντα πέμπειν ἕτερον στρατὸν ἢ καὶ τοῦτον ἀπαγαγεῖν ἐκ Σικελίας, αὑτῷ δὲ πάντως αἰτούμενον τῆς στρατηγίας ἄφεσιν διὰ τὴν νόσον.

Appianus of Alexandria, Civil Wars 2.2.13: … ὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν τελουμένους ἐξεμισθοῦντο, καὶ πλήθους βεβαιοτάτων ἐς ταῦτα θεραπόντων, ἐκ πολλοῦ τὴν βουλὴν ᾔτουν ἄφεσίν τινα μέρους τῶν φόρων αὑτοῖς γενέσθαι. καὶ ἀποδιέτριβεν ἡ βουλή. ὁ δὲ Καῖσαρ ἐς οὐδὲν τότε τῆς βουλῆς δεόμενο …

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.