ἀπολύω

English (LSJ)

[v. λύω], fut. -λύσω, etc.: fut. Pass.

   A ἀπολελύσομαι X.Cyr. 6.2.37:—loose from, ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης Od.21.46; ὄφρ' ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος the sides of the ship from the keel, ib.12.420; undo, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν ib.3.392; ἐπιδέσματα Hp. Fract.25.    2 set free, release, relieve from, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς Hdt. 2.30; τῆς ἐπιμελείας X.Cyr.8.3.47; τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Pl.R.365a; τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίας Id.Phd.65a, cf. 67a; ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως save them from the trouble of measuring, Arist.Pol.1257a40:— Pass., to be set free, τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου, Th.1.70, 7.56, etc.    b freq. in legal sense, ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης acquit of the charge, Hdt.9.88, X.An.6.6.15; opp. καταψηφίζω, Democr.262; τῆς εὐθύνης Ar.V.571: c. inf., ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι acquit of being a thief, Hdt.2.174; so ἀπολύεται μὴ ἀδικεῖν Th.1.95, cf. 128: abs., acquit, Ar.V.988,1000, Lys.20.20, etc.    II in Il. always, = ἀπολυτρόω, release on receipt of ransom, οὐδ' ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ' ἄποινα 1.95; Ἕκτορ' ἔχει . . οὐδ' ἀπέλυσεν 24.115, al.:—Med., set free by payment of ransom, ransom, redeem, χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τ' ἀπολυσόμεθ' at a price of .., Il.22.50 (but Act. in Prose, ἀπολύειν πολλῶν χρημάτων X.HG4.8.21).    2 let go, let alone, leave one, of an illness, Hp.Coac.564.    III discharge, disband an army, ἀ. οἴκαδε X.HG6.5.21; generally, dismiss, discharge, ἐμὲ . . ἀπέλυσ' ἄδειπνον Ar.Ach. 1155, cf. Bion 1.96.    2 divorce a wife, Ev.Matt.1.19, etc.; τὸν ἄνδρα D.S.12.18.    3 do away with, remove, αἰσχύνην D.20.47:—Pass., Antipho 2.1.5.    4 discharge or pay a debt, Pl.Cra.417b; pay, ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν PTeb.490 (i B. C.); pay off a mortgage, POxy.509.15.    5 dismiss a charge, εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη Hyp.Eux.38.    IV ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν sell, Antipho 5.20; ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί sell a mortgaged house outright, Is.6.33.    V deliver, τί τινι PFlor. 123.2 (iii A. D.): —Pass., ib.228.6 (iii A. D.).    VI begin to count, [μοίρας] ἀπό .. Vett. Val. 135: abs., Id.19.19, Paul.Al.Q.2.    VII intr., depart (cf. B.IV, C. 2), Plb.3.69.14, al.    B Med. with aor. 2 ἀπελύμην (in pass. sense), Opp.C.3.128:— redeem, v. supr. A.11.    II ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς do away with, refute calumnies against one, Th.8.87, Pl.Ap.37b, al.: abs., Arist.Rh.1416b9.    2 τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα, Th.5.75, D. 15.2, 18.4: c. gen., τῶν εἰς Ἀριστόβουλον -σασθαι J.AJ15.3.5.    b refute, τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους Dam.Pr.126 ter: abs., ὁ δὲ ἀπολυόμενος ἔφη in defence, Hdt.8.59.    III like Act., acquit, τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλ' ὀρθῶς Pl.Lg.637c.    2 release from, τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας Id.Mx.245a.    IV like Pass. (c. 11), depart, S.Ant.1314; also, put off, πνεῦμα ἀ. AP9.276 (Crin.); but πνεῦμα μελῶν ἀπέλυε IG14.607e (Carales).    C Pass., to be released, ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι from military service, Hdt.4.84, cf. X.Cyr.6.2.37; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι to be freed from their rule, Th.2.8; τῶν δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἴεσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι Id.1.70; τῆς ὑποψίας Antipho 2.4.3; τῆς μιαρίας ib. 3.11: abs., to be acquitted, Th.6.29; to be absolved from, τῶν ἀδικημάτων Pl.Phd.113d.    II of combatants, to be separated, part, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο Th.1.49; generally, to be separated or detached, ἀλλήλων or ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, Arist.Metaph.1031b3, Ph.185a28; ἀ. τὰ ᾠὰ τῆς ὑστέρας Id.GA754b18, al.; ἀπολελυμένος, abs., detached, αἰδοῖον, γλῶττα, ὄρχεις, Id.HA500b2, 533a27, 535b2; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ. having its tongue detached, Id.Fr.319, al.; also, distinct, differentiated, Id.HA497b22.    2 depart, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, S.Ant.1268 (lyr.), cf. Plb.6.58.4, al., LXX Nu.20.29, al.; cf. supr. B. IV.    III of a child, to be brought forth, Hp.Superf.11, cf. 24, Arist.GA745b11; of the mother, to be delivered, Hp.Epid.2.2.17.    IV to be annulled, Arist. EN1156a22.    V ἀπολελυμένος, η, ον, absolute, esp. in Gramm., D.T. 636.15, A.D.Synt.97.20, al.: also, general, of meaning, Olymp.Alch. p.72B.    VI of metres, irregular, without strophic responsion, Heph.Poëm.5.