2. ἀφετηρία (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, starting-point of a race, CIG2758iiiD7 (Aphrodisias), Sch.Ar.Eq.1156: hence ἀ. Διόσκουροι, whose statues adorned the race-course, Paus.3.14.7; “ἀ. ἕρμα” AP9.319 (Philox.): metaph., “ἀφετήριον πρὸς μάθησιν” S.E.M.1.41; “ἀ. ἡ ῥητορική” Phld.Rh.1.223S.
5. gate of a sluice, PLond.3.1177.291 (ii A.D.).