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ἀπολύω

ἀπολύω, ἀπολύω, acquit, release (verb)

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ἀπολύουσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ἀπολύω

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ἀπολύω [v. λύω], fut. -λύσω, etc.: fut. Pass. ἀπολελύσομαι X. Cyr. 6.2.37:—
  • loose from, ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης Od. 21.46; ὄφρʼ ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος the sides of the ship from the keel, ib. 12.420; undo, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν ib. 3.392; ἐπιδέσματα Hp. Fract. 25.
      • 2 set free, release, relieve from, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς Hdt. 2.30; τῆς ἐπιμελείας X. Cyr. 8.3.47; τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Pl. R. 365a; τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίας Id. Phd. 65a, cf. 67a; ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως save them from the trouble of measuring, Arist. Pol. 1257a40:— Pass., to be set free, τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου, Th. 1.70, 7.56, etc.
        • b freq. in legal sense, ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης acquit of the charge, Hdt. 9.88, X. An. 6.6.15; opp. καταψηφίζω, Democr. 262; τῆς εὐθύνης Ar. V. 571: c. inf., ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι acquit of being a thief, Hdt. 2.174; so ἀπολύεται μὴ ἀδικεῖν Th. 1.95, cf. 128: abs., acquit, Ar. V. 988, 1000, Lys. 20.20, etc.
    • II in Il. always, = ἀπολυτρόω, release on receipt of ransom, οὐδʼ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατʼ ἄποινα 1.95; Ἕκτορʼ ἔχει . . οὐδʼ ἀπέλυσεν 24.115, al.:—Med., set free by payment of ransom, ransom, redeem, χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τʼ ἀπολυσόμεθʼ at a price of . ., Il. 22.50 (but Act. in Prose, ἀπολύειν πολλῶν χρημάτων X. HG 4.8.21).
      • 2 let go, let alone, leave one, of an illness, Hp. Coac. 564.
    • III discharge, disband an army, ἀ. οἴκαδε X. HG 6.5.21; generally, dismiss, discharge, ἐμὲ . . ἀπέλυσʼ ἄδειπνον Ar. Ach. 1155, cf. Bion 1.96.
      • 2 divorce a wife, Ev.Matt. 1.19, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα D.S. 12.18.
      • 3 do away with, remove, αἰσχύνην D. 20.47:—Pass., Antipho 2.1.5.
      • 4 discharge or pay a debt, Pl. Cra. 417b; pay, ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν PTeb. 490 (i B. C.); pay off a mortgage, POxy. 509.15.
      • 5 dismiss a charge, εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη Hyp. Eux. 38.
    • IV ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν sell, Antipho 5.20; ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί sell a mortgaged house outright, Is. 6.33.
    • V deliver, τί τινι PFlor. 123.2 (iii A. D.): —Pass., ib. 228.6 (iii A. D.).
    • VI begin to count, [μοίρας] ἀπό . . Vett.Val.135: abs., Id. 19.19, Paul.Al. Q. 2.
    • VII intr., depart (cf. B.IV, C. 2), Plb. 3.69.14, al.
  • B Med. with aor. 2 ἀπελύμην (in pass. sense), Opp. C. 3.128:— redeem, v. supr. A.II.
    • II ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς do away with, refute calumnies against one, Th. 8.87, Pl. Ap. 37b, al.: abs., Arist. Rh. 1416b9.
      • 2 τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα, Th. 5.75, D. 15.2, 18.4: c. gen., τῶν εἰς Ἀριστόβουλον -σασθαι J. AJ 15.3.5.
        • b refute, τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους Dam. Pr. 126 ter: abs., ὁ δὲ ἀπολυόμενος ἔφη in defence, Hdt. 8.59.
    • III like Act., acquit, τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλʼ ὀρθῶς Pl. Lg. 637c.
      • 2 release from, τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας Id. Mx. 245a.
    • IV like Pass. (C II), depart, S. Ant. 1314; also, put off, πνεῦμα ἀ. AP 9.276 (Crin.); but πνεῦμα μελῶν ἀπέλυε IG 14.607e (Carales).
  • C Pass., to be released, ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι from military service, Hdt. 4.84, cf. X. Cyr. 6.2.37; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι to be freed from their rule, Th. 2.8; τῶν δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἴεσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι Id. 1.70; τῆς ὑποψίας Antipho 2.4.3; τῆς μιαρίας ib. 3.11: abs., to be acquitted, Th. 6.29; to be absolved from, τῶν ἀδικημάτων Pl. Phd. 113d.
    • II of combatants, to be separated, part, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο Th. 1.49; generally, to be separated or detached, ἀλλήλων or ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων, Arist. Metaph. 1031b3, Ph. 185a28; ἀ. τὰ ᾠὰ τῆς ὑστέρας Id. GA 754b18, al.; ἀπολελυμένος, abs., detached, αἰδοῖον, γλῶττα, ὄρχεις, Id. HA 500b2, 533a27, 535b2; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ. having its tongue detached, Id. Fr. 319, al.; also, distinct, differentiated, Id. HA 497b22.
      • 2 depart, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, S. Ant. 1268 (lyr.), cf. Plb. 6.58.4, al., LXX Nu. 20.29, al.; cf. supr. B. IV.
    • III of a child, to be brought forth, Hp. Superf. 11, cf. 24, Arist. GA 745b11; of the mother, to be delivered, Hp. Epid. 2.2.17.
    • IV to be annulled, Arist. EN 1156a22.
    • V ἀπολελυμένος, η, ον, absolute, esp. in Gramm., D.T. 636.15, A.D. Synt. 97.20, al.: also, general, of meaning, Olymp.Alch. p.72 B.
    • VI of metres, irregular, without strophic responsion, Heph. Poëm. 5.

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