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ἀναλύω

ἀναλύω, to unloose, undo [ἀνα-]

ἀν-αλύω (A),
  • cause to wander, unsettle, βασιλέα Philostr. VA 5.35 [This entry deleted in LSJ Supp.; see ἀναλύω ΙΙ.11 below]
ἀνα-λύω (B), Ep. ἀλλύω ( ἀνλύω Hymn.Is. 145): (v. λύω for the tenses and prosody: Hom. has ἀλλύουσα, ἀλλύεσκε with ῡ):—
  • unloose, undo, of Penelopeʼs web, νύκτας δʼ ἀλλύεσκεν Od. 2.105; ἀλλύουσαν . . ἀγλαὸν ἱστόν ib. 109, etc.; ἀνά τε πρυμνήσια λῦσαι ib. 9.178, etc.
      • 2 unloose, set free, ἐμὲ δʼ ἐκ δεσμῶν ἀνέλυσαν ib. 12.200 (never in Il.), cf. Ant.Lib. 22.4; ὀφθαλμόν, φωνάν Pi. N. 10.90; τινὰ καταδίκης Ael. VH 5.18.
      • 3 Medic., relax, in Pass., Arist. GA 728a15, Men. 213, Dsc. 5.3.
    • II undo in various senses:
      • 1 unloose, in Med., ζώνην Call. Del. 237, μίτρας for sexual intercourse, Hes. fr. 1.4 M.-W.; μίτρην in child-bearing, Call. Del. 222; unwind a cocoon, Arist. HA 551b14.
      • 2 Astrol., nullify, of planetary influence, Ptol. Tetr. 133 (Pass.).
      • 3 dissolve matter into its elements, ἐς αὐτὰ ταῦτα Ti.Locr. 102d:—Pass., of snow, melt, Plu. 2.898a.
        • b resolve into its elements, οὐ καλὸν ἁρμονίην ἀναλυέμεν ἀνθρώποιο Ps.-Phoc. 102:— investigate analytically, διάγραμμα Arist. EN 1112b20, Plu. An seni 2.792d, etc.:—Pass., Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.4; ὁ -όμενος τόπος the treasury of analysis, Papp. 634.2; ἀναλύοντες καὶ ἀναλυόμενοι Dam. Pr. 2; ἀ. τοὺς μύθους ἐς λόγους πιθανούς Jul. Or. 2.74d.
      • 4 in the Logic of Arist., reduce a syllogism, APr. 47a4, al.; cf. ἀνάλυσις I.4.
      • 5 math. reduce, σχοινία εἰς ὀργυιάς Hero *Geom. 5.8.
      • 6 Gramm., resolve, κτητικὰ εἰς γενικάς A.D. Synt. 292.17.
      • 7 do away, cancel, μόρσιμʼ ἀ. Ζεὺς οὐ τολμᾷ Pi. Pae. 6.94, cf. D. 21.218, Plu. Sol. 25, etc.: mostly in Med., cancel faults, πάντα ταῦτα X. HG 7.5.18; ἁμαρτίας D. 14.34; ἀλλύοιτό κα τὸ χρέος discharge the debt, prob. in GDI 1151 (Olymp.).
      • 8 suspend, τὰ περὶ κυνηγέσιον X. Cyn. 5.34.
      • 9 solve the problem of a thing, τὸν Ἰνδὸν ἀ. trace its source, Plu. Sanit. 2.133c.
      • 10 release from a spell, Luc. Vit.Auct. 25, cf. Hsch.:—Pass., Men. Her.Fr. 6.
      • 11 unsettle, βασιλέα Philostr. VA 5.35.
    • III intr., loose from moorings, weigh anchor, and so, depart, go away, Plb. 3.69.14, Babr. 42.8, etc.: metaph., of death, ἐς θεοὺς ἀνέλυσα Epigr.Gr. 340.7 (Macestus): abs., die, Ep.Phil. 1.23, IG 14.1794; ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν Diog.Oen. 2.
      • 2 return, Ev.Luc. 12.36; ἐξ ᾅδου LXX Wi. 2.1. [several minor edits based on Supp.]

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