Perseus analyses of ἀφίει:

ἀφίημι (send forth, discharge): pres imperat act 2nd sg
ἀφίημι (send forth, discharge): pres imperat act 2nd sg
ἀφῑει,ἀφίημι (send forth, discharge): imperf ind act 3rd sg (attic epic)
ἀφίημι (send forth, discharge): imperf ind act 3rd sg (attic epic)

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ἀφίημι

ἀφίημι, 2sg. ἀφίης Pl. Phlb. 50d, etc., 3sg. ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει, Ion. ἀπίει Hdt. 2.96, 1pl. ἀφίεμεν Ar. Nu. 1426; imper. ἀφίει Id. V. 428: impf. ἀφίειν, with double augm. ἠφίειν Pl. Euthd. 293a; 3sg. ἀφίει Il. 1.25, IG 22.777.15, D. 6.20, Ion. ἀπίει Hdt. 4.157, ἠφίει Th. 2.49, Pl. Ly. 222b, ἤφιε Ev.Marc. 11.16; 2pl. ἀφίετε D. 23.188; 3pl. ἀφίεσαν E. Heracl. 821, Th. 2.76, D. 21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν X. HG 4.6.11, ἠφίουν Is. 6.40 (dub.): fut. ἀφήσω Il. 2.263, etc., Ion. ἀπ- Hdt. 7.193: pf.ἀφεῖκα X. An. 2.3.13, D. 56.26: aor. I ἀφῆκα, Ion.ἀπ-, Ep.ἀφέηκα, used in ind. only, Il. 23.841, etc.: aor. 2 ind. only in dual and pl., ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσαν; imper. ἄφες, subj. ἀφῶ, opt. αφείην (2pl. ἀφεῖτε Th. 1.139), inf. ἀφεῖναι, part. ἀφείς:—Med., ἀφίεμαι, Ion. ἀπίεμαι, Hdt. 3.101, Th. 2.60, etc.: impf.3sg. ἀφίετο Od. 23.240, D. 25.47: fut. ἀφήσομαι E. Hel. 1629: aor. 2 ἀφείμην X. Hier. 7.11; imper. ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, S. OT 1521, Ar. Ec. 509; inf. -έσθαι Isoc. 6.83, part. -έμενος Pl. R. 354b; Arc.inf.ἀφεῶσθαι SIG 306.19(Tegea, iv B. C.):—Pass., pf. ἀφεῖμαι S. Ant. 1165, Pl. Lg. 635a; inf.ἀφεῖσθαι SIG 577.77 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.): plpf. 2sg. ἀφεῖσο Men. Epit. 572: rarer pf. 3pl. ἀφέωνται Ev.Jo. 20.23, imper. ἀφεώσθω IG 5(2).6.14: aor. ἀφείθην E. Ph. 1377, ἀφέθην Batr. 87, Ion. ἀπείθην Hdt. 6.112; later Aeol. inf. ἀφέθην Milet. 3 No.152.34 (ii B. C.): fut. ἀφεθήσομαι Pl. R. 472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in Ep. (except in augm. tenses): ῑ always in Att. Hom. also has ἀφῑετε, metri gr., Od. 7.126]:—

Α. send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, Il. 10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκʼ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος Hdt. 9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, Pl. R. 373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν Plu. Alc. 13; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose oneʼs tongue, make utterance, Hdt. 2.15, E. Hipp. 991; ἀ. φθογγήν ib.418; ἔπος S. OC 731; φωνάς D. 18.218; γόους E. El. 59 (v. infr. II.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί Id. Hipp. 1324; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to . . (v. infr. II.2), S. Ant. 1088; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon . . , D. 22.58; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, Aeschin. 3.153; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, Pl. Ly. 222b; freq. of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., Arist. HA 487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, ib.568b30, a22; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, Od. 7.126, cf. Thphr. HP 7.7.3; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον Arist. HA 555b5; ἱδρῶτα Plu. Mar. 26; put forth, produce, καρπόν Thphr. HP 3.4.5; φύλλον ib. 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα leave issue, Ev.Marc. 12.22):—Pass., to be emitted, Il. 4.77 (tm.); of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, Hdt. 6.112.

2. let fall from oneʼs grasp, Il. 12.221; opp. κατέχω, Plu. 2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά E. Hec. 797.

II. send away,

1. of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει Il. 1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα . . ἀφήσω 2.263.

b. let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ. 20.464; let loose, βοῦς Hdt. 4.69; περιστεράς Alex. 62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον Th. 1.139; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, Pl. R. 591a, Lg. 765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους Plb. 18.46.5; ἀφέντʼ ἐᾶν τινα S. Aj. 754, cf. E. Fr. 463; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, S. OT 320, E. IT 739: c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, release from a thing, ἀποικίης Hdt. 4.157: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα D. 37.59 (abs., ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ ibid.); συναλλαγμάτων Id. 33.12: c. acc. only, acquit, Antipho 2.1.2, etc. (v. infr. 2 c):—Pass., κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι Th. 4.106; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, Arist. Pol. 1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο Men. Epit. 572.

c. let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, Hdt. 1.77, etc.; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opp. λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) Ar. V. 595.

d. put away, divorce, γυναῖκα Hdt. 5.39; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, E. Andr. 973; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, Arist. EN 1163b22 (but with metaph. from releasing a debtor).

e. dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ X. Cyn. 5.14; ἱερὸν . . ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο Pl. Criti. 116c.

b. ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς . . loose ship for a place, Hdt. 5.42.

V. seemingly intr. (sc. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., Hdt. 7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος Th. 7.19; cf. 11.2b.

2. c. inf., give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια Diph. 94.

B. Med., send forth from oneself, much like Act.; θορήν Hdt. 3.101.

2. loose something of oneʼs own from, δειρῆς δʼ οὔ πω . . ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, Od. 23.240.