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poetry imperative λῦθι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 85: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future λύσω [ῡ] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔλῡσα [[ 18.244, etc.] Refs]: perfect λέλῠκα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 992 (ἀπο-)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:— passive, perfect λέλῠμαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.103 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: pluperfect ἐλελύμην [ῠ] [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.186 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: aorist ἐλύθην, Epic dialect λύθην [ῠ] [[ 8.360, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 860, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.103, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λῠθήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.116, etc., also λελύσομαι [ῡ] 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.37 (ἀπο-): _Epic dialect_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist passive λύμην [ῠ] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.80 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύτο [ῠ[[] [prev. work] 114, but λῦτο 24.1 (at beginning of line, variant{λύτο})] Refs]; λύντο [[ 7.16 ] Refs]: also 3rd.pers. singular optative perfect λελῦτο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.238 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, future λύσομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.13, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλυσάμην [[ 14.214: ] Refs]perfect passive λέλῦμαι in middle sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.45, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1400a22 (compare δια-, κατα-λύω): ] Refs 4th c.BC+]future λύσομαι in passive sense, (δια-) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12, (ἐπι-) 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.33 codices (καταλύσεσθαι editions), (κατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.9.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—Homer uses all tenses except perfect active, present and future passive [In present and imperfect ῡ always in Attic dialect, ῠ mostly in Epic dialect, though [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] has ῡ twice, ἔλῡεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.513, λῡει 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.74 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in compounds, ἀλλῡεσκεν [[ 2.105, ἀλλῡουσαν [prev. work] 109: in ] Refs]future and aorist 1 ῡ always: in other tenses ῠ always, except in the forms λελῦτο, λῦτο (see. above).] (Cf. Latin luo (pay), re-luo, solvo (for se-luo), solūtus, etc.):—loosen:
Close Browse lexicon entries __I of things, unbind, unfasten, especially clothes and armour, λῦσε δέ οἱ ζωστῇρα, θώρηκα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.215, 16.804 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. παρθενίην ζώνην loose the maiden-girdle, of the husband after marriage, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wife, λύοι χαλινὸν ὑφ᾽ ἥρωϊ παρθενίας [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).48; ἔνθα παρθένει᾽ ἔλυσ᾽ ἐγὼ κορεύματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 177; so ἔλυσας.. ἅγνευμα σόν [prev. author] “Tr.” 501 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of the tackling of ships, λ. πρυμνήσια, ἱστία, λαῖφος, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.418, 15.496, 552, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 406, etc. (never in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. πρύμνας, νεῶν πόδα, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 539, 1020, etc.: _absolutely_, λύειν] Refs 5th c.BC+], of ships, set sail, λῦε, κυβερνήτα [[ “APl.” 1.6 *.9 (from Panteleus)] Refs]; ἀσκὸν λ. untie a skin (used as a bag), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.47: frequently in Trag., λ. στολάς, πέπλον, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1597, “Tr.” 924 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἡνίαν slacken the rein, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 743 ] Refs]; κλῄθρων λυθέντων when the gates have been opened, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 396 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. γράμματα, δέλτον, open a letter, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_), 307 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. πέδας, δεσμά, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 645 (_passive_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1123; ἀρβύλας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 945 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρτάνας.. δέρης ἔλυσαν loosed it from my neck,[[ [prev. work] 876, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 781:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ἀπὸ στήθεσφιν ἐλύσατο κεστὸν ἱμάντα undid her belt, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.214 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but λύοντο τεύχεα they undid the armour for themselves, i.e. stripped it off (others), [[ 17.318 ] Refs]; later λυσαμένα πλοκαμῖδας unbinding her hair, [[ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.20, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.b in various phrases, στόμα λ. open the mouth, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1060, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.96; γλώσσας λ. εἰς αἰσχροὺς μύθους 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.9 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. βλεφάρων ἕδραν wake up, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 8 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ὀφρύν unfold the brow, [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 290; λ. ἄχος ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 706 (Lyric poetry), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.a of horses, etc., unyoke, unharness, opposed to ζεύγνυμι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.35 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὀχέων, ὑπὲξ ὀχέων, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.369, 8.504; ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν 18.244; ὑπὸ ζυγοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.39: ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.576; ὑπ᾽ ἀπήνης 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.6 (also in _middle_, μὴ.. ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφι λυώμεθα μώνυχας ἵππους] Refs 8th c.BC+] unyoke our horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.7; βόε λῦσαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 608)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύε μώνυχας ἵππους loosed them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.498 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. κύνα let him loose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.13, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b of men, release, deliver, especially from bonds or prison, and so, generally, from difficulty or danger, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.22, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.345, 12.53, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.206, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ λύσων he that shall deliver, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 771, 785: with _genitive_ _of things_, τὸν.. θεοὶ κακότητος ἔλυσαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.397, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.50, etc.; λ. τινὰ δεσμῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1006; ὄκνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 181; τὼ.. ἐκ δεσμοῖο λύθεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.360, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.23, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 873, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1244, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 360c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also λ. δόμους ἁβρότατος rob the house of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς depose him from.., [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.92 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, properly get one loosed or set free, λύσασθαί τινα δυσφροσυνάων [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 528; ὅσπερ Ἰὼ πημονᾶς ἐλύσατο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1065 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, λυθῆναι τὰς πέδας [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.116 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; λέλυται γὰρ λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν, ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς has been let loose to speak, since the yoke was loosed, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 592 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2.c of prisoners, release on receipt of ransom, admit to ransom, release, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29, 24.137, 555, etc.; λ. τινά τινι 1.20, 24.561, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.298 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Σαρπηδόνος ἔντεα καλὰ λύσειαν would give them up, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.163; in full, λ. τινὰ ἀποίνων 11.106; χρημάτων μεγάλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135 (_passive_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ ἀντ᾽ ἀνδρὸς λυθείς [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, release by payment of ransom, get a person released, redeem, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.13, 24.118, +others, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.284, 385, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.229; λύσασθαί τινας ἐκ πολεμίων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; ἵππον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.6; ὅσους αὐτὸς ἐλυσάμην τῶν αἰχμαλώτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.169; λ. τινὶ τὸ χωρίον [prev. author] 50.28 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑαυτοὺς λ. pay their own ransom, [[ [prev. author] 19.169 ] Refs]; buy from a pimp, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1353. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.d λελύσθαι τῶν νόμων, = Latin legibus solvi, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 53.18. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.3 give up, [θρόνον] λῦσον ἄμμιν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.155. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II resolve a whole into its parts, dissolve, break up, λ. ἀγορήν dissolve the assembly, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.305; ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.69, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, λῦτο δ᾽ ἀγών [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.1; μὴ λυθείη ἡ στρατιά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὶν [ἂν].. ἡ ἀγορὰ (market) λυθῇ [[ [prev. author] “Oec.” 12.1; λυθείσης τῆς συνουσίας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.15.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 of concrete objects, σπάρτα λέλυνται, i. e. have rotted, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.135; ῥαφαὶ δ᾽ ἐλέλυντο ἱμάντων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.186 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. τὴν σχεδίην break it up, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.97 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὴν γέφυραν] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.17; τὴν ἀπόφραξιν [prev. work] 4.2.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 especially of physical strength, loosen, i. e. weaken, relax, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα made his limbs slack or loose, i. e. killed him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.469, +others; ὅς τοι γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσα 22.335; πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσεν 5.176, etc.; ἀλλά οἱ αὖθι λῦσε μένος 16.332; πέλεκυς λῦσεν.. βοὸς μένος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.450, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.29 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but οἵ μοι καμάτῳ.. γούνατ᾽ ἔλυσαν made my knees weak with toil, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.118:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, λύντο δὲ γυῖα, etc., as the effect of death, sleep, weariness, fear, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.16, etc.; καμάτῳ φίλα γυῖα λέλυντο 13.85, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.233; αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα καὶ φίλον ἦτορ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.114, 425; λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε 5.296, etc.; λύθεν δέ οἱ ἅψεα πάντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.794, 18.189; λέλυται γυίων ῥώμη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 913 (_anapaest meter_); λύεται δέ μου μέλη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 438; λέλυμαι μελέων σύνδεσμα [prev. author] “Hipp.” 199 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3.b λύει βλέφαρα closes her eyes in sleep, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1302. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.c metaphorically, λ. τὴν ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς πρὸς μάχην παρασκευήν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 undo, bring to naught, destroy, πολίων κάρηνα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.25; Τροίης κρήδεμνα 16.100, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.388, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 16.7] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, put an end to, νείκεα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.205; μελεδήματα 23.62; ἔριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 81, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.316.12 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31; ἐπιμομφάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).9; μέμψιν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 271; φόβον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 270; φόβον καὶ τὴν ὑποψίαν Polystr. p.7 W.,compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 12; μοχθήματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1616; ἀνάγκας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 39 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βίον, i.e. die, [[ [prev. author] “IT” 692 ] Refs]; αἰῶν᾽ ἔλυσε, i.e. died, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.43; λ. τὸ τέλος βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1720 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαχας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 991 (_anapaest meter_); νοσήματα Diocl.fragment 35 (_passive_),compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.476; κόπους 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.220 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; forgive, ἁμαρτήματα [[ LXX.Job.42.9. ] LXX]
__II.4.b in Prose, λ. νόμους repeal or annul laws, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269a15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐθὲν τῶν περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν[[ [prev. work] 1298b31; λ. ψήφῳ τὸ παράνομον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.197 (_passive_), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπεὶ ἐκεῖνοι ἔλυσαν τὰς σπονδὰς λελύσθαι μοι δοκεῖ ἡ ἐκείνων ὕβρις καὶ ἡ ἡμετέρα ὑποψία [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rescind a vote, ψῆφον λύει ὁ νόμος [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; revoke a will, διαθήκην [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.33, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but in passive, to be opened, of a will, [[ “POxy.” 715.19 (2nd c.AD), etc.)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; unbind a spell, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.27:] Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, λέλυται πάντα all ties are broken, all is in confusion, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4.c as a technical term, solve a difficulty, a problem, a question, λύεται ἡ ἀπορία [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324e, +others; λ. ζήτημα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.436. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.d refute an argument, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402b24, +others; compare λύσις 11.4b, λυτικός 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.e unravel the plot of a tragedy, opposed to πλέκειν, [[ [prev. author] “Po.” 1456a10. ] Refs]
__II.4.f λ. τὴν φάσιν, of the Moon, pass out of, [[Vett. Val. 134.1, compare 2. ] Refs]
__II.5 break a legal agreement or obligation, τὸν νόμον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.106; τὰς σπονδάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, 78, compare 4.23, +others; τὰ συγκείμενα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σίς κε τὰς ϝρήτας τάσδε λύση whoso breaks this agreement, [[ “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.29 H. ] Refs]
__II.6 in physical sense, dissolve, λύθεν, opposed to πάγεν, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 15.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θερμὸν λύει, opposed to πήγνυσι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384b11, compare 382b33 (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀμμωνιακὸν ὄξει λύσας [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.106 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; melt, παγείσας χιόνας [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.4.2; τι πυρὶ λ. “Hippiatrica” 52. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.7 of medicines, λ. τὴν κοιλίαν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863b29, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.)” 38, Diocl.fragment 140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of the effects of terror, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 877a32 (_passive_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.8 resolve [musical notation] into [musical notation], in passive, [[ 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 8, 10, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 1.28. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III solve, fulfil, accomplish, τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντεῖα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 407; ὅρκον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.58.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV atone for, make up for, τὰς πρότερον ἁμαρτίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 691; λύσων ὅσ᾽ ἐξήμαρτον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1224; λ. φόνον φόνῳ [prev. author] “OT” 101, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 511; αἱ πρόσοδοι λύουσι τἀναλώματα 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων λύσασθ᾽ αἷμα.. δίκαις [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 804 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V μισθὸν λύειν pay wages in full, quit oneself of them, used only in cases of obligation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 τέλη λύειν, ={λυσιτελεῖν}, pay, profit. avail, ἔνθα μὴ τέλη λύει φρονοῦντι where it boots not to be wise, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 316: but more frequently λύει without τέλη] Refs 5th c.BC+], construed like{λυσιτελεῖ}, absolutely, λύει δ᾽ ἄλγος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1362, compare “PSI” 4.400.16: with _dative_ _person_, φημὶ τοιούτους γάμους λύειν βροτοῖσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 628, compare “Hipp.” 441: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, πῶς οὖν λύει.. ἐπιβάλλει; [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 1112 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs]; ἐμοί τελύειτοῖσιμέλλουσιν τέκνοις τὰ ζῶντ᾽ ὀνῆσαι it is good for me to benefit my living children by means of those to come,[[ [prev. work] 566; λύει ἀπελθεῖν “UPZ” 77i12 (2nd c.BC): with _accusative_ et ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]infinitive, λύει γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδέν, οὐδ᾽ ἐπωφελεῖ,.. θανεῖν it is not expedient that we should die (οὐδ᾽ ἐπωφελεῖ being parenthetic), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1005; οὐ γάρ με λύει.. κακορροθεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Sthen.Prol.” 35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λυσιτελέω.
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