λύσις

λύσις [ῠ], εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (λύω)

• loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο Il. 24.655; σώματος Lys. 4.13; ἡ λ. τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐγρήγορσις Arist. Somn.Vig. 454b27: c. gen. objecti, θανάτου λ. deliverance from death, Od. 9.421, Thgn. 1010; λ. ἔριδος Hes. Th. 637; χρεέων Id. Op. 404; πενίης Thgn. 180; λύσιν αἰτησόμενοι τῶν παρεόντων κακῶν Hdt. 6.139; πενθέων Pi. N. 10.76; μόχθων τῶν ἐφεστώτων S. Tr. 1171; τῶν δειμάτων Th. 2.102; τῶν δεσμῶν Pl. R. 515c; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν ib. 532b; ἐκ χαλεπῶν Thgn. 1385; βλασφημίας D. Ep. 3.39; μάχης PLips. 40 ii 16 (iv/v A. D.).
• • • 2 abs., οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, S. El. 573.
    • 3 deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τινʼ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς mayʼst grant us a deliverance such as may purify us, Id. OT 921; οὐδʼ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, Id. Ant. 598 (lyr.); λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων Pl. R. 364e; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, Id. Phd. 82d; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, Arist. Pol. 1262a32; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, Ph. 2.151.
    • 4 redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει IG 2.1103, al., cf. 12(7).55.14 (Amorgos), 12(8).18 (Lemnos).
    • • b release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως BGU 1115.46 (i B. C.), etc.
    • 5 for ὠμὴ λύσις, v. ὠμήλυσις.
  • II loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Pl. Phd. 67d; simply, ἡ τοῦ σώματος λ. Id. Ax. 371a; dissolution, πολιτείας Id. Lg. 945c; νόμων ἢ πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1268b30; βίου λύσιν ἔσχε IG 14.140 (Syracuse); λ. κομήτου Phlp. in Mete. 86.25; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, Luc. Alex. 20.
  • • 2 emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπη; Pl. Phlb. 31e; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, Arist. Pr. 947b29, Dsc. 1.64 (v.l.); emission of semen, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.125 (pl.).
    • 3 λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, Gal. 11.28; λ., opp. κρίσις, Id. 9.732; cure, Anon.Lond. 3.20; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (v.l. χύσεις) τῆς ψυχῆς, opp. κρίσεις, Zeno Stoic. 3.113 = 1.51.
    • 4 as a technical term,
    • • a solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, Arist. EN 1146b7, al.; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι . . Id. de An. 422b28; οὐ συμβαίνει ἡ λ. Id. EN 1153b5; ὅταν τὸ θάμβος . . μὴ δύνηται τὴν λ. λαμβάνειν Epicur. Ep. 1 p.29 U.; εὑρεῖν λ. τοῦ προβλήματος Plb. 30.19.5; λ. εὑρέσθαι Phld. Rh. 1.267 S.; also, interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις Orph. A. 37.
      • b refutation of an argument, Arist. SE 179a27, Rh. 1402b23, al.
      • c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opp. δέσις, Id. Po. 1454a37 (pl.), 1455b24.
      • d softening of a strong expression, Longin. 38.5.
      • e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like διαίρεσις, Demetr. Eloc. 70.
      • f looseness of structure in writing, esp. asyndeton, ib. 192, al.
      • g in metric, resolution of _ into ⏑⏑, Heph. 6.
    • 5 divorce, 1 Ep.Cor. 7.27; λ. γάμου Just. Nov. 140 Prooem., cf. 117 tit.
  • III = δόρπου λ., place for banqueting (cf. κατάλυσις II), Pi. O. 10(11).47.

λύ̆σις -εως, ἡ [λύω]

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🄰 dissolution, liberation with gen.: λ. θανάτου liberation from death Od. 9.421; χρειῶν from debts Hes. Op. 404; πενίης from poverty Thgn. 180; δειμάτων from fears Thuc. 2.102; μόχθων from troubles Soph. Tr. 1171; κακῶν from evils Plat. Phaedr. 244e Men. Epit. 1109; δεσμῶν from chains Plat. Rp. 515c = ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν Plat. Rp. 532b | ἡ λ. τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐγρήγορσις the reawakening and release from sensation Aristot. S.V. 454b 27 ‖ liberation, ransom: νεκροῖο of a corpse Il. 24.655; ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων from the enemies Lys. 4.13; αἰχμαλώτων of prisoners Demosth. 8.70

🄱 liberation, purification, expiation Soph. O.T. 921 Aristot. Pol. 1262a 32; ἀδικημάτων from injustice Plat. Rp. 364e, Phil.² Spec. 1.193; ἁμαρτημάτων of sins Phil.² Mos. 2.107; with καθαρμός Plat. Rp. 364e Phaed. 82d ‖ Christ. reconsecration of a church contaminated by a heretical practice Euch. 494 ‖ liberation, emptying Plat. Phil. 31e etc.; τῶν κοιλιῶν of the intestines Aristot. Pr. 497b 29 ‖ ejaculation Al. Pr. 1.125

🄲 dissolution, solution: τῶν μύθων of the plots of tragedies Aristot. Poet. 1454a 37, 1455b 28 | resolution: ἀπορίας of a difficulty Aristot. E.N. 1146b 7, al. Thphr. C.P. 6.18.1; τοῦ προβλήματος of the problem Pol. 30.19.5 ‖ refutation Aristot. Rh. 1402b 23; σοφισμάτων of sophisms Phil.² Agr. 164 ‖ interpretation VT Dan. 12.8, al.; σημείων τεράτων τε of signs and prodigies Orph. A. 37

🄳 dissolution, hence destruction, end, ruin: πολιτείας of a political regime Plat. Leg. 945c Aristot. Pol. 1268b 30; βασιλέως of a king Geop. 1.8.8 ‖ cessation, end: λ. ἔριδος χαλεπῆς end of the bitter dispute Hes. Th. 637 | fig. weakening, enfeebling: τολμήματος λεκτικοῦ λ. mitigation of expressive audacity An. Subl. 38.5 ‖ infraction, violation of a law Bas. Reg. fus. pref. 2 ‖ separation, division: ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος of the soul from the body Plat. Phaed. 67d | divorce NT 1Cor. 7.27 etc. | breaking: τῶν σφραγίδων of seals Luc. Alex. 20

🄴 gramm. resolution of one vowel into two Dem.² 70 | metr. resolution of one long syllable into two short syllables Heph. Ench. 6.5, 9.3 | rhet. asyndeton Dem.² 192

❷ stopping-place or resting-place Pind. O. 10.47, see κατάλυσις

❸ ὠμὴ λύσις, see ὠμήλυσις

● epic and Ion. gen. λύσιος Il. 24.655.

λύσις, ἡ, Lösung Auflösung u. Freilassung eines Gefangenen, Il. 24.655 ; Theogn. 1001 ; λύσεις αἰχμαλώτων, Dem. 8.70 ; Befreiung, Rettung, θανάτου, vom Tode, Od. 9.421, ἔριδος, Hes. Th. 637, πενθέων, Pind. N. 10.76, wie πημάτων, Eur. Andr. 901 ; οὐδʼ ἔχει λύσιν τὰ πήματα, Soph. Ant. 593 ; χρειῶν, Abtragung, Bezahlen der Schulden, Hes. O. 406 ; ἡ λύσις ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν, Plat. Rep. VII.532b ; κακῶν, Phaedr. 244e ; Befreiung von einer Schuld durch Reinigungsopfer, λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων, Rep. II.364e ; Arist. Pol. 2.4 u. A. – Das Aufhörenmachen, Beendigen, ἔθηκε δόρπου λύσιν, Pind. Ol. 11.49 ; πολέμου, Pol. 38.2.11 ; λύσιν ποιεῖσθαι, = λύειν, 15.15.4. – Auflösung, Trennung, λύσις καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος, Plat. Phaed. 67d, vgl. Ax. 371a. – Προβλήματος, Lösung einer Aufgabe, Pol. 30.17.5 ; bei den Rhett. = Widerlegung. – Auch πολιτείας, Aufhebung, Sturz der Verfassung, Plat. Legg. XII.945c.

λύσις

ἡ

[λυσ-, λύω.]

A releasing or ransoming : ἀνάβλησις λύσιος Il. 24.655.

A means of release from the toils of something, a means of escape : θανάτου λύσιν Od. 9.421.

λῠσις

• • a release “πάτερ Κρονίων, τίς δὴ λύσις ἔσσεται πενθέων;” N. 10.76
  • b resting place c. gen. τὸ δὲ κύκλῳ πέδον ἔθηκε δόρπου λύσιν (καταγώγιον καὶ δειπνητήριον τῶν ξένων. Σ. a resting place for eating) O. 10.47

λύσις , ιος (λύω): loosing, ransoming, Il. 24.655; θανάτου, ‘deliverance’ from death, Od. 9.421.

λύσις λύσις (ῠ), gen. εως Ionic ιος, ἡ, λύω

• • Ia loosing, setting free, releasing, ransoming, of a slain man, Il.; λ. θανάτου deliverance from death, Od.; πενίης Theogn., etc.
  • • 2absol. a means of letting loose, Soph.:— deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, Soph.; οὐδʼ ἔχει λύσιν τὰ πήματα admit not of atonement, Soph.
  • IIa loosing, parting, λ. ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Plat.:— dissolution, πολιτείας Arist.
  • III= δόρπου λ. a place for banqueting, Pind.