ἀφέτης
ου, ὁ
A.
ἀφίημἰ one who lets off a military engine, Plb. 4.56.3.
b.
teacher of ballistic, IG 2.465.22.
c.
starter in races, POxy. 152.1 (vii A.D.).
2.
Astrol., prorogator, heavenly body which determines the vital quadrant, Ptol. Tetr. 131.
II.
Pass., a freed-slave among the Spartans, Myro 2.