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λύσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύσις λύσεως

Structure: λυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: lu/w

Sense

  1. loosing, releasing, ransoming
  2. deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites
  3. redemption of mortgage or pledge
  4. parting
  5. emptying, evacuation
  6. remission of fever

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν λιμῷ ρύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου, ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸσ σιδήρου λύσει σε. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 5:20)
  • οὐ πολεμεῖ φύσισ καὶ νόμοσ ἐν ταῖσ εὐνοίαισ, ἀλλ’ ἀκολουθοῦσιν ἀλλήλοισ ἐνταῦθα καὶ συναγωνίζονται τῇ λύσει τῶν ἀδικημάτων. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 19:3)
  • καὶ συνευωχήσομαι ὑμῖν καὶ ὁ Ζεὺσ λύσει με οὐκ ἀντὶ μικρᾶσ εὐεργεσίασ. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 21:2)
  • λύσει μ’ ὁ δαίμων αὐτόσ, ὅταν ἐγὼ θέλω. (Euripides, episode 3:29)
  • οὐκ εἶπον‐‐ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσασ‐‐ὅτι λύσει μέ τισ; (Euripides, episode, trochees 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. loosing

  2. redemption of mortgage or pledge

  3. parting

  4. emptying

  5. remission of fever

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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