ἀπολύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[v. [[λύω]]], fut. <b class="b3">ἀπολύσω</b>, etc.: fut. Pass. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀπολελύσομαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 6.2.37</span>:—[[loose from]], ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης <span class="bibl">Od.21.46</span>; <b class="b3">ὄφρ' ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος</b> the sides of the ship [[from]] the keel, ib.<span class="bibl">12.420</span>; [[undo]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.392</span>; ἐπιδέσματα <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[set free]], [[release]], [[relieve from]], ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.30</span>; τῆς ἐπιμελείας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.47</span>; τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365a</span>; τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">67a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως</b> [[save]] them [[from the trouble]] of measuring, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1257a40</span>:— Pass., to [[be set free]], <b class="b3">τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>, <span class="bibl">7.56</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> freq. in legal sense, <b class="b3">ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης</b> [[acquit of]] the charge, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.88</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.15</span>; opp. [[καταψηφίζω]], <span class="bibl">Democr.262</span>; τῆς εὐθύνης <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>571</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι</b> [[acquit of]] being a thief, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.174</span>; so ἀπολύεται μὴ ἀδικεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.95</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">128</span>: abs., [[acquit]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>988</span>,<span class="bibl">1000</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.20.20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Il. always, = [[ἀπολυτρόω]], [[release on receipt of ransom]], οὐδ' ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ' ἄποινα <span class="bibl">1.95</span>; Ἕκτορ' ἔχει . . οὐδ' ἀπέλυσεν <span class="bibl">24.115</span>, al.:—Med., [[set free by payment of ransom]], [[ransom]], [[redeem]], χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τ' ἀπολυσόμεθ' [[at a price of]] .., <span class="bibl">Il.22.50</span> (but Act. in Prose, [[ἀπολύειν]] πολλῶν χρημάτων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.21</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[let go]], [[let alone]], [[leave]] one, of an [[illness]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>564</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[discharge]], [[disband]] an army, ἀ. οἴκαδε <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.21</span>; generally, [[dismiss]], [[discharge]], ἐμὲ . . ἀπέλυσ' ἄδειπνον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 1155</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Bion 1.96</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[divorce]] a wife, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>1.19</span>, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα <span class="bibl">D.S.12.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[do away with]], [[remove]], αἰσχύνην <span class="bibl">D.20.47</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[discharge]] or [[pay]] a debt, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>417b</span>; [[pay]], ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>490</span> (i B. C.); [[pay off]] a mortgage, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>509.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[dismiss]] a charge, εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν [[sell]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.20</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί</b> [[sell]] a mortgaged house [[outright]], <span class="bibl">Is.6.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[deliver]], τί τινι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span> 123.2</span> (iii A. D.): —Pass., ib.<span class="bibl">228.6</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[begin to count]], [<b class="b3">μοίρας] ἀπό .</b>. Vett. Val. <span class="bibl">135</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Id.19.19</span>, Paul.Al.<span class="title">Q.</span>2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> intr., [[depart]] (cf. B.IV, C. 2), <span class="bibl">Plb.3.69.14</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Med. with aor. 2 [[ἀπελύμην]] (in pass. sense), <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.128</span>:— [[redeem]], v. supr. A.11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς</b> [[do away with]], [[refute]] calumnies [[against one]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37b</span>, al.: abs., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1416b9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.75</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 15.2</span>, <span class="bibl">18.4</span>: c. gen., τῶν εἰς Ἀριστόβουλον ἀπολύσασθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15.3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[refute]], τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>126</span> ter: abs., ὁ δὲ ἀπολυόμενος ἔφη [[in defence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> like Act., [[acquit]], τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλ' ὀρθῶς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>637c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[release from]], τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mx.</span>245a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> like Pass. (c. ''ΙΙ''), [[depart]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1314</span>; also, [[put off]], πνεῦμα ἀ. <span class="title">AP</span>9.276 (Crin.); but πνεῦμα μελῶν ἀπέλυε <span class="title">IG</span>14.607e (Carales). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> Pass., to [[be released]], <b class="b3">ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι</b> [[from]] military service, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.37</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι</b> to [[be freed from]] their rule, <span class="bibl">Th.2.8</span>; τῶν δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἴεσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.1.70</span>; τῆς ὑποψίας <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς μιαρίας</b> ib. <span class="bibl">3.11</span>: abs., to [[be acquitted]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.29</span>; to [[be absolved from]], τῶν ἀδικημάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>113d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of combatants, to [[be separated]], [[part]], οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο <span class="bibl">Th.1.49</span>; generally, to [[be separated]] or [[be detached]], [[ἀλλήλων]] or <b class="b3">ἀπ' ἀλλήλων</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1031b3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>185a28</span>; ἀ. τὰ ᾠὰ τῆς ὑστέρας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>754b18</span>, al.; [[ἀπολελυμένος]], abs., [[detached]], [[αἰδοῖον]], [[γλῶττα]], [[ὄρχεις]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>500b2</span>, <span class="bibl">533a27</span>, <span class="bibl">535b2</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ</b>. having its [[tongue]] [[detached]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>319</span>, al.; also, [[distinct]], [[differentiated]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>497b22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[depart]], [[ἔθανες]], [[ἀπελύθης]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1268</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.6.58.4</span>, al., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>20.29</span>, al.; cf. supr. B. IV. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of a child, to [[be brought forth]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Superf.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>745b11</span>; of the mother, to [[be delivered]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>2.2.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> to [[be annulled]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1156a22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[ἀπολελυμένος]], [[ἀπολελυμένη]], [[ἀπολελυμένον]] = [[absolute]], especially in Gramm., <span class="bibl">D.T. 636.15</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>97.20</span>, al.: also, [[general]], of meaning, Olymp.Alch. <span class="bibl">p.72B.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> of metres, [[irregular]], [[without strophic responsion]], Heph.Poëm.<span class="bibl">5</span>.</span>