ἀπόλυσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A loosing, e.g. of a bandage or cord, Hp.Fract.10, Hero Aut.2.9.    2 release, deliverance, Pl.Cra.405b, Plb.33.1.5: c. gen., κατὰ τὴν ἀ. τοῦ θανὰτου as far as acquittal from a capital charge went, Hdt.6.136; ἀ. κακῶν θάνατος Plu.Arat.54; ἀ. πένθους end of mourning, OGI56.53 (Canopus).    3 getting rid of a disease, Hp.Coac.378, etc.    4 spell for releasing a divine being, PMag.Par.1.1056, al.    II (from Pass.) separation, parting, Arist.GA718a14; τῆς ψυχῆς Id.R.479a22: abs., decease, death, Thphr.HP9.16.8, Lycon ap. D.L.5.71; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to take one's departure, of an army, Plb.3.69.10.

German (Pape)

[Seite 313] ἡ, die Ablösung, Befreiung, Plat. Crat. 405 b; Freisprechung, τοῦ θανάτου Her. 6, 136; νουσημάτων, das Nachlassen der Krankheiten, Hippocr.; Entlassung der Gefangenen, Pol. 33, 1; ἀπόλυσιν ποιεῖσθαι, weggehen, 5, 69 u. öfter. Vgl. ἀπολύειν.