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|mdlsjtxt=[Dep.]<br />Orig. [[sense]], to [[loose]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of things, to [[loosen]], [[unbind]], [[unfasten]], ζωστῆρα, θώρηκα Il.; ἀσκὸν λ. to [[untie]] a [[skin]] (used as a [[bottle]]), Od.; λ. ἡνίαν to [[slack]] the [[rein]], Soph.; λ. γράμματα to [[open]] a [[letter]], Eur.; [[στόμα]] λ. to [[open]] the [[mouth]], Eur.; λ. ὀφρύν to [[unfold]] the [[brow]], Eur., etc.:—Mid., ἐλύσατο ἱμάντα undid her [[belt]], Il.; λύσασθαι [[τρίχα]] to [[unbind]] one's [[hair]], [[Bion]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[living]] beings,<br />a. of horses, etc., to [[undo]], [[unyoke]], [[unharness]], Hom.; Mid., λύεσθαι ἵππους ὑπ' [[ὄχεσφι]] to [[unyoke]] one's horses, Il.<br />b. of men, to [[loose]], [[release]] from bonds or [[prison]], from [[difficulty]] or [[danger]], Hom., Att:—Mid. to get one loosed or set [[free]], Hes.<br />c. of prisoners, to [[release]] on [[receipt]] of [[ransom]] ([[ἄποινα]]), [[hold]] to [[ransom]], [[release]], Hom.; λύειν τινὰ ἀποίνων on [[payment]] of [[ransom]], Il.:—Mid. to [[release]] by [[payment]] of [[ransom]], to get a [[person]] released, to [[ransom]], [[redeem]], Hom., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[give]] up, [[θρόνον]] λῦσον [[ἄμμιν]] Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[resolve]] a [[whole]] [[into]] its parts, to [[dissolve]], [[break]] up, λ. ἀγορήν to [[dissolve]] the [[assembly]], Hom.; also to [[break]] up the [[market]], Xen.:— Pass., λῦτο [[ἀγών]] Il.; ἐλύθη ἡ [[στρατιά]] Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[loosen]], [[slacken]], σπάρτα λέλυνται, i. e. [[have]] rotted, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[loosen]], i. e. [[weaken]], [[relax]], λῦσέ οἱ γυῖα made his limbs [[slack]] or [[loose]], i. e. killed him, Il.; λ. [[μένος]] τινί Il.; but, καμάτωι γούνατ' ἔλυσαν made the knees [[weak]] with [[toil]], Od.:—so in Pass., [[λύντο]] δὲ γυῖα, as the [[effect]] of [[death]], [[sleep]], [[weariness]], [[fear]], etc., Il., etc.; γυῖα λέλυντο Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[undo]], [[bring]] to [[naught]], [[break]] down, [[destroy]], Hom.: and [[generally]], to [[undo]], do [[away]] with, put an end to, Lat. dissolvere, Hom., [[attic]]; λ. βίον, i. e. to die, Eur.<br />b. to [[repeal]], [[annul]], do [[away]] with, Hdt., etc.; λ. ψῆφον to [[rescind]] a [[vote]], Dem.:— Pass., [[λέλυται]] πάντα all ties are [[broken]], Dem.<br />c. to [[solve]] a [[problem]] or [[difficulty]], Plat.<br />d. to [[refute]] an [[argument]], Arist.<br />e. to [[unravel]] the [[plot]] of a [[tragedy]], Arist.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to [[break]] a law or [[treaty]], Hdt., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[solve]], [[fulfil]], [[accomplish]], τὰ μαντεῖα Soph.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to atone for, make up for, Lat. luere, Soph., Eur.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> μισθοὺς λύειν to pay wages in [[full]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τέλη λύειν = λυσιτελεῖν, to pay, [[profit]], [[avail]], [[ἔνθα]] μὴ τέλη λύει φρονοῦντι [[where]] it boots not to be [[wise]], Soph.; also λύει [[alone]], [[much]] like λυσιτελεῖ, λύει [[ἄλγος]] Eur.; φημὶ τοιούτους γάμους λύειν βροτοῖς Eur.