ἔκλυσις
From LSJ
εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A release, deliverance from a thing, ἀφροσύνης Thgn. 590 (=Sol.13.70); ἄθλων A.Pr.264; τοῦδε τοῦ νοσήματος S.OT306; δεσμοῦ Theoc.24.33; Ἀΐδεω AP6.219.24 (Antip.(?)). 2 weakening of an opponent's case, Hdn.Fig.p.91 S., cf. Alex.Fig.1.2. II feebleness, faintness, Hp.Aph.7.8, etc.; τῆς πόλεως ἔ. καὶ μαλακία D. 17.29; ψυχικῶν δυνάμεων Ph.1.154; φυσική Agatharch.55; ἐκλύσιες κοιλίης relaxations, Hp.Coac.625. 2 laxity, of style, [Longin.] Rh.12. III lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones (διέσεις), Bacch.Intr.41, Aristid.Quint.1.10, Plu.2.1141b.
