δέσις
Ἐπηγγείλατο εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὸ εἶναι ευσεβεστάτη καὶ κηδεμονικὴ. → She pledged herself to the reconstruction of the city because of her being most pious and dutiful.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (δέω A)
A binding together, Pl.Cra.418e; setting of stones, LXX Si.45.11; tying in bundles, Hdn.8.4.5; ποδῶν δ., = ὑπόδημα, Ezek.Exag.97. II complication of a dramatic plot, opp. λύσις, Arist.Po.1455b26. III = δέσμη (prob. of a belt-purse), UPZ121.9 (cf. δεσμός 11). IV Botan.,joint, Sch.Orib.2p.743D.
German (Pape)
[Seite 550] ἡ, das Binden, die Verbindung, Plat. Crat. 418 d. In der Tragödie, die Verwickelung, Ggstz λύσις Arist. poet. 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δέσις: -εως, ἡ, (δέω) τὸ δένειν, ἡ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ σύνδεσις, Πλατ. Κρατ. 418Ε. ΙΙ. ὡς τὸ πλοκή, ἡ περιπλοκὴ δραματικῆς τινος ὑποθέσεως, ἀντίθ. τῷ λύσις, Ἀριστ. Ποιητ. 18.
