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.
- ΤΙΣ οἶδε σοφούσ̣ καὶ τίσ οἶδε λύσιν ρήματοσ̣ σοφία ἀνθρώπου φωτιεῖ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναιδὴσ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 8:1)
- ταῦτα γράψασ κατὰ Θεόφραστον ἄρχοντα γεγονέναι, τῷ μετ’ ἐκεῖνον ἐνιαυτῷ τὰ πραχθέντα μετὰ τὴν λύσιν τῆσ εἰρήνησ ἐπὶ Λυσιμαχίδου ἄρχοντοσ διεξέρχεται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 11 2:5)
- Πύθωνοσ δέ τινοσ τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ εὐπαρύφων νεανίσκου ὡραίου ἐρεσχηλοῦντοσ αὐτὸν καὶ προτείνοντοσ ἐρώτημά τι σοφιστικὸν καὶ κελεύοντοσ εἰπεῖν τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ τὴν λύσιν, Ἕν, ἔφη, οἶδα, τέκνον, ὅτι περαίνει. (Lucian, (no name) 15:1)
- ἀλλά σ’ ἄνωγα φράζεσθαι χρειῶν τε λύσιν λιμοῦ τ’ ἀλεωρήν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 46:12)
- ἢ ὅτι λύεται μὲν πᾶν τὸ δεδεμένον,1 ὁ δὲ ἔρωσ στεφανουμένων τινῶν δεσμόσ ἐστιν οὐθένεσ γὰρ ἄλλοι τῶν δεδεμένων περὶ τὸ στεφανοῦσθαι σπουδάζουσιν πλὴν οἱ ἐρῶντεσ̓, τὴν τοῦ στεφάνου δὴ λύσιν σημεῖον τοῦ περὶ τὸν ἔρωτα δεσμοῦ νομίζοντεσ ἐρᾶν φασιν τοὺσ τοιούτουσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 9 4:3)
Synonyms
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loosing
-
redemption of mortgage or pledge
-
parting
-
emptying
-
remission of fever
