διαλύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-λύσω</b>, etc., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">loose one from another, part asunder</b>, <b class="b3">διαπλέκων καὶ διαλύων</b> twining and [[untwining]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.67</span>; νὺξ δ. τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους <span class="bibl">Id.8.11</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὸν σύλλογον, τὴν συνουσίαν, τὴν πανήγυριν</b>, etc., [[break]] it [[up]], [[dismiss]] it, <span class="bibl">Id.7.10</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>223b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.10</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ</b>. <b class="b2">break up</b> the party and go to bed, ib.<span class="bibl">2.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὴν στρατιάν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ναυτικόν</b> [[disband]] it, <span class="bibl">Th.2.93</span>:— Med., συνουσίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>457d</span>:—Pass., of an army, assembly, etc., [[disperse]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.128</span>, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ συλλόγου <span class="bibl">Id.3.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.56</span>: in fut. Med., [[part]] from one's escort, <span class="bibl">Th.2.12</span>; of a man, [[die]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[dissolve]] into its elements, <b class="b2">break up, destroy</b>, δ. καὶ ἀπολλύναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>609a</span> s<span class="bibl">1</span>.; ἐξ ἑνὸς εἰς πολλὰ δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>68d</span>; <b class="b2">disperse, break up</b> a herd of sheep, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1012.12</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b2">break up</b> a ship, παλαιὰν τριήρη δ. <span class="title">IG</span>2.804, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.382</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τρίπους, ὅρμος διαλελυμένος</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>2588.169,198 (Delos, ii B.C.); τὰς οἰκήσεις <span class="bibl">Plb.4.65.4</span>; [[dissolve]], κοινόν <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>8.6; σῴζεσθαι καὶ διαλυθεῖσαν οἴχεσθαι πολιτείαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>945c</span>; of the sun, [[thaw]] frozen things, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.2</span>:—Pass., ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται καὶ εἰς ἃ διαλύεται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>325b19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>204b33</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">break off, put an end to</b> friendship, ὁμολογίας <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.175</span>; φιλίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1157b10</span>:—Pass., of married persons, <b class="b2">separate, be divorced</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>364.59 (Ephesus):—Med., διαλύσασθαι ξεινίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>: abs., <b class="b2">dissolve friendship</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1162b25</span>:—Pass., αἱ σπονδαὶ διελέλυντο <span class="bibl">Th.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">put an end to</b> enmity, <b class="b3">ἔχθραν, πόλεμον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.8.46</span>:—Med., δ. ἔχθρας <span class="bibl">Is.7.11</span>; διαφοράς <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.160</span>; πολέμους <span class="bibl">Id.4.172</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.4.15</span>: in plpf. Pass. (with Med. signf.), διελέλυσθε τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.27</span> (v.l. [[διελύεσθε]]):—Pass., τὰς ἔχθρας διαλύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. pers., [[reconcile]], πρὸς ἔμ' αὑτὸν διαλύειν ἠξίου <span class="bibl">D.21.122</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">41.14</span>; δ. τινὰς ἐκ διαφορᾶς <span class="bibl">Plb.1.87.4</span>; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ διαλύσων οὔτε λόγος οὔτε ὅρκος <span class="bibl">Th.3.83</span>; esp. in legal proceedings, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>25.5</span> (iii B.C.), etc.:—Pass. and Med., c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">διαλύεσθαι νείκους</b> <b class="b2">to be parted from</b> quarrel, i.e. be reconciled, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1679</span> (v.l. [[νείκας]]); so <b class="b3">διαλυθείσης τῆς διαφορᾶς</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">D.S.14.110</span>: also abs., <b class="b2">to be reconciled, make up a quarrel</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.25</span>, cf. Test. ap. <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 1.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>12.14</span>; πρός τινας <span class="bibl">D.38.24</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl">Lys.4.1</span>: in fut. Med., ὅπως… μὴ διαλύσει <span class="bibl">D.21.216</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> generally, <b class="b2">put an end to, do away with</b>, χρήμασι τὴν διαβολήν <span class="bibl">Th.1.131</span>; <b class="b3">πάσας αὐτοῦ διαλύσω τὰς ἀπολογίας</b> d.<span class="bibl">27.58</span>; τὸν ἐχόμενον φόβον δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Mx.</span>241b</span>:—so in Med., ἐγκλήματα δ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span>; <b class="b3">δ. περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">145</span>; διαβολάς <span class="bibl">Isoc.11.37</span>, <span class="bibl">15.16</span>; τι τῶν κατηγορημένων <span class="bibl">Id.12.218</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἃ ἐψηφίσασθε</b> [[cancel]] your vote, <span class="bibl">Lys.18.15</span>; <b class="b3">διαλύσασθαι τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους</b> [[settle]] mutual claims, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[solve]] a difficulty, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>252d</span>; τὴν ἀπορίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1062b31</span>:—Med., διαλύσεσθαι σόφισμα <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.238</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">δ.τὰς τιμάς</b> <b class="b2">pay the full</b> value, <span class="bibl">D.29.7</span>; [[pay]], [[discharge]], τὴν δαπάνην <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.30</span>; χρήματα <span class="bibl">D.20.12</span>; τὰ συμβόλαια <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1276a11</span>; χρέος τινί <span class="bibl">Plb.31.27.4</span>; πάντα διελέλυτο <span class="bibl">D.28.2</span>: also c. acc. pers., <b class="b3">δ. τὸν ναύκληρον</b> [[satisfy]] him, i.e. [[pay]] him [[off]], <span class="bibl">D. 49.29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">34.40</span>, <span class="bibl">36.50</span>:—Med., [[order]] debts <b class="b2">to be paid</b>, διαλέλυμαι ταῦτα <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>7.10.3</span>; but also, <b class="b2">to have</b> them <b class="b2">paid to oneself</b>, <span class="bibl">D.Chr. 46.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[relax]], [[weaken]], τὸ σῶμα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.17</span>; esp. of the result of hunger, διαλύεσθαι τῷ λιμῷ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>11.27</span> (ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">42.9</span> (also in Act. intr., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ δ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">122.23</span> (ii B.C.)); <b class="b2">make supple and pliant</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>85</span>:—Pass., δ. καὶ ἀδυνατεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>585a33</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνάπλους διαλελυμένος</b> a sailing out <b class="b2">in loose order</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">διαλελυμένη λέξις</b> a [[lax]] style, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Lys.</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b2">slacken one's hold, undo</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.32</span>.</span>