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ἀπολύω
[see. λύω], future -λύσω, etc.: future passive
__A ἀπολελύσομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.37] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—loose from, ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.46] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄφρ᾽ ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος the sides of the ship from the keel, [[[prev. work] 12.420] Refs]; undo, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν[[ [prev. work] 3.392; ἐπιδέσματα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 set free, release, relieve from, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30; τῆς ἐπιμελείας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.47; τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365a; τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίας [prev. author] “Phd.” 65a, compare 67a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως save them from the trouble of measuring, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1257a40] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, to be set free, τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70, 7.56, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2.b frequently in legal sense, ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης acquit of the charge, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.15] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to καταψηφίζω, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 262; τῆς εὐθύνης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 571: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι acquit of being a thief, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.174; so ἀπολύεται μὴ ἀδικεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95, compare 128] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, acquit, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 988, 1000, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.20, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A.II in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” always, ={ἀπολυτρόω}] Refs 8th c.BC+], release on receipt of ransom, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ᾽ ἄποινα[[ 1.95; Ἕκτορ᾽ ἔχει.. οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσεν 24.115, +others] Refs]:—middle, set free by payment of ransom, ransom, redeem, χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τ᾽ ἀπολυσόμεθ᾽ at a price of.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.50] Refs 8th c.BC+] (but active in Prose, ἀπολύειν πολλῶν χρημάτων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.21). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 let go, let alone, leave one, of an illness, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 564. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III discharge, disband an army, ἀ. οἴκαδε[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.21] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, dismiss, discharge, ἐμὲ.. ἀπέλυσ᾽ ἄδειπνον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1155, compare 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.96. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 divorce a wife, [[ NT.Matt.1.19, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.18. ] NT+1st c.BC+]
__A.III.3 do away with, remove, αἰσχύνην[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.47] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.4 discharge or pay a debt, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 417b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; pay, ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν[[ “PTeb.” 490 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; pay off a mortgage, [[ “POxy.” 509.15. ] Refs]
__A.III.5 dismiss a charge, εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη[[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 38. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.IV ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν sell, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.20] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί sell a mortgaged house outright, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.33. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.V deliver, τί τινι[[ “PFlor.” 123.2 (3rd c.AD): ] Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive [[, [prev. work] 228.6 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__A.VI begin to count, [μοίρας] ἀπό.. Vett. Val. [[ 135: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 19.19, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “Q.” 2. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__A.VII intransitive, depart (cf. B.IV, C. 2), [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.69.14, +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B middle with aorist 2 ἀπελύμην (in passive sense), [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.128] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:— redeem, see above [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς do away with, refute calumnies against one, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 37b, +others: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1416b9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.75, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.2, 18.4: with _genitive_, τῶν εἰς Ἀριστόβουλον -σασθαι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.3.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2.b refute, τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους[[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 126 ter: _absolutely_, ὁ δὲ ἀπολυόμενος ἔφη ] Refs 5th c.AD+]in defence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.59. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III like active, acquit, τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλ᾽ ὀρθῶς[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 637c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 release from, τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας[[ [prev. author] “Mx.” 245a. ] Refs]
__B.IV like passive (with [[ 11), ] Refs]depart, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1314] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, put off, πνεῦμα ἀ.[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.276 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus); but πνεῦμα μελῶν ἀπέλυε “IG” 14.607e (from Carales). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__C passive, to be released, ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι from military service, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.84, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.37] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι to be freed from their rule, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8; τῶν δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἴεσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι [prev. author] 1.70; τῆς ὑποψίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.3; τῆς μιαρίας [prev. work] 3.11] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be acquitted, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.29] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be absolved from, τῶν ἀδικημάτων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II of combatants, to be separated, part, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.49] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, to be separated or detached, ἀλλήλων or ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1031b3, “Ph.” 185a28; ἀ. τὰ ᾠὰ τῆς ὑστέρας [prev. author] “GA” 754b18, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπολελυμένος, absolutely, detached, αἰδοῖον, γλῶττα, ὄρχεις, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 500b2, 533a27, 535b2] Refs]; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ. having its tongue detached, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 319, +others] Refs]; also, distinct, differentiated, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 497b22. ] Refs]
__C.II.2 depart, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1268 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.58.4, +others, LXX.Num.20.29, +others; compare above 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__C.III of a child, to be brought forth, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 11, compare 24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 745b11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the mother, to be delivered, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.IV to be annulled, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1156a22. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.V ἀπολελυμένος, η, ον, absolute, especially in Grammars, [[ 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 636.15, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 97.20, +others] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: also, general, of meaning, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Olympiodorus Alchemista p.72B. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__C.VI of metres, irregular, without strophic responsion, [[ 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus “Poëm.” 5.] Refs 7th c.AD+]
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