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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λύσις λύσει λύσεις
Genitive λύσεως λύσοιν λύσεων
Dative λύσει λύσοιν λύσεσιν*
Accusative λύσιν λύσει λύσεις
Vocative λύσι λύσει λύσεις

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

  • "οὐχ ὡσ ἔτυχε δ’ οὐδὲ τοὺσ ἐναντίουσ ὑποδεκτέον λόγουσ οὐδὲ προσετέα τἀναντία πιθανὰ ἀλλ’ εὐλαβουμένουσ μὴ καὶ περισπασθέντεσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν τὰσ καταλήψεισ ἀφῶσιν, οὔτε τῶν λύσεων ἱκανῶσ ἂν ἀκοῦσαι δυνάμενοι καταλαμβάνοντὲσ τ’ εὐαποσείστωσ· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 10 13:1)
  • δηλωθέντων δὲ τούτων περὶ τῶν λύσεων καὶ ἐνστάσεων διορίσωμεν, πόθεν δεῖ πρὸσ τὰ ἐνθυμήματα φέρειν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 22 17:2)
  • Λύσεων Ὁμηρικῶν α’ β’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. s'. HRAKLEIDHS 3:1)
  • Λύσεων ἐριστικῶν α’ β’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. s'. HRAKLEIDHS 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. loosing

  2. redemption of mortgage or pledge

  3. parting

  4. emptying

  5. remission of fever

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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