ἀφετήριος
α, ον, ἡ
A.
for letting go, ἀ. ὄργανα engines for throwing stones, etc., J. BJ 3.5.2, cf. 5.6.3.
2.
ἀφετηρία (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, starting-point of a race, CIG 2758iiiD 7 (Aphrodisias), Sch.Ar. Eq. 1156: hence ἀ. Διόσκουροι, whose statues adorned the race-course, Paus. 3.14.7; ἀ. ἕρμα AP 9.319 (Philox.): metaph., ἀφετήριον πρὸς μάθησιν S.E. M. 1.41; ἀ. ἡ ῥητορική Phld. Rh. 1.223S.
3.
ἀφετηρία· ἀρχή, ἡγεμονία, Hsch.
4.
ἀφετήριον (sc. πλοίων), τό, outlet of a harbour, Str. 11.2.4.
5.
gate of a sluice, PLond. 3.1177.291 (ii A.D.).