__2 absolutely, οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 573. ] 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, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 921 ] Refs]; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 598 (Lyric poetry); λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 82d ] Refs]; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262a32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.151. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4.b refutation of an argument, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 179a27, “Rh.” 1402b23, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4.c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, [[ [prev. author] “Po.” 1454a37 (_plural_), 1455b24. ] Refs]
__II.4.d softening of a strong expression, [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 38.5. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.4.e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 70. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4.f looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, [[[prev. work] 192, +others ] Refs]
__II.4.g in metric, resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], [[ 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 6. ] Refs 7th c.AD+]
__II.5 divorce, [[ NT.1Cor.7.27; λ. γάμου 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 140 “Prooem.”, compare at Title Page ] NT+6th c.AD+]
__III ={δόρπου λ}., place for banqueting [[compare (κατάλυσις 11), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).47. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
