λύσις [ῠ], εως,
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω)
loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
deliverance from death, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν[
Refs 6th c.BC+]
2)
absolutely, οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other
means of letting the host
loose from port for home, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τιν᾽ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς may'st grant us
a deliverance such as may purify us, [
Refs]; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of
atonement, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ
by her
offer to release them, [
Refs]; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ, in cases of homicide, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων
blotting out of sins, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
4)
redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει [
Refs]
4.b)
release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
5) for ὠμὴ λύσις, see at {ὠμήλυσις}.
II)
loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
dissolution, πολιτείας [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. κομήτου [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ.
breaking them, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2)
emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
emission of semen, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3) λ. πυρετοῦ
remission of fever, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λ, opposed to κρίσις, [
Refs];
cure, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (variant{χύσεις}) τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to κρίσεις, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4) as a technical term,
II.4.a)
solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its
solution, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.4.b)
refutation of an argument, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4.c)
unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, [
Refs]
II.4.d)
softening of a strong expression, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.4.e)
resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4.f)
looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, [
Refs]
II.4.g) in metric,
resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], [
Refs 7th c.AD+]
II.5)
divorce, [
NT+6th c.AD+]
III) ={δόρπου λ},
place for banqueting [
Refs 5th c.BC+]