δέσις

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.