λύσις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λύσις
λύσεως
Structure:
λυσι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- loosing, releasing, ransoming
- deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites
- redemption of mortgage or pledge
- parting
- emptying, evacuation
- 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.
- τὰ μὲν δὴ πρῶτα τῆσ σωφροσύνησ τοῦ πατρὸσ λύσισ ἦν τῆσ ἀποκηρύξεωσ, καὶ σωτὴρ καὶ εὐεργέτησ καὶ πάντα ἦν ἐγώ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 21:1)
- οὐδέ τισ ἦν ἔριδοσ χαλεπῆσ λύσισ οὐδὲ τελευτὴ οὐδετέροισ, ἶσον δὲ τέλοσ τέτατο πτολέμοιο. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 60:8)
- ἀπόδειξισ δὲ πρώτη μὲν ἡ τῆσ λεγομένησ καὶ δοκούσησ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἀσυμφωνίασ καὶ διαφορᾶσ λύσισ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 81)
- "φοβούμενοσ οὖν καὶ ταραττόμενοσ τὸ μαντεῖον κατέφυγε, καὶ περὶ τῆσ ἁμαρτίασ ἠρώτα τὸν θεὸν εἴ τισ εἰή παραίτησισ ἢ λύσισ· (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 203)
- ὅθεν ὁμοῦ γεγονότασ φησὶν ὁμοῦ καὶ λυθήσεσθαι πάλιν, ἄν τισ αὐτοὺσ καταλαμβάνῃ λύσισ· (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 8, section 4 11:1)
- ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐξέπεσον αἱ κατὰ πόλεισ ἑταιρεῖαι τῶν Πυθαγορικῶν στάσει κρατηθέντων, τοῖσ δ’ ἔτι συνεστῶσιν ἐν Μεταποντίῳ συνεδρεύουσιν ἐν οἰκίᾳ πῦρ οἱ Κυλώνειοι περιένησαν καὶ διέφθειραν ἐν ταὐτῷ πάντασ πλὴν Φιλολάου καὶ Λύσιδοσ, νέων ὄντων ἔτι ῥώμῃ καὶ κουφότητι διωσαμένων τὸ πῦρ, Φιλόλαοσ μὲν εἰσ Λευκανοὺσ φυγὼν ἐκεῖθεν ἀνεσώθη πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ φίλουσ ἤδη πάλιν ἀθροιζομένουσ καὶ κρατοῦντασ τῶν Κυλωνείων Λῦσισ δ’ ὅπου γέγονεν ἠγνοεῖτο πολὺν χρόνον· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 13 6:9)
Synonyms
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loosing
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redemption of mortgage or pledge
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parting
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emptying
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remission of fever
