διά-λῠσις,εως,ἡ, (διαλύω)
A. separating, parting,
δ. τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος
Pl. Grg. 524b
;δ. τοῦ σώματοςitsdissolution,
Id. Phd. 88b , cf. Democr. 297 ;τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ δ.the failure tobreakthe bridges, Th. 1.137 ;disbandingof troops, X. Cyr. 6.1.3 ;breaking upof an assembly, opp.συλλογή,
Pl. Lg. 758d ;δ. ἀγορῆς the time ofitsbreaking up,
Hdt. 3.104 ;τὴν δ. ἐποιήσαντο broke offthe action, Th. 1.51 ;χρεῶν δ. liquidationof debts, Pl. Lg. 684d , cf. POxy. 104.20
(i A. D.), etc.; δ. γάμου divorce,
Plu. Sull. 35
, etc.; ἡ φθορὰ δ. οὐσίας
Arist. Top. 153b31
: hence abs.,dissolution,opp.σύνθεσις,
Id. Cael. 304b29 , cf. Thphr. Ign. 37 ; διάκρισις καὶ δ.