ἐκλύω

English (LSJ)

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   A v. λύω], set free, πόνων from labours, A.Pr.328; release, ὕδατα PTeb.49.6 (ii B. C.):—Pass., to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου Thgn. 1339; ἐκ δεσμῶν Pl.Phd.67d:—Med., get one set free, release, ἀλλ' ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι Od.10.286; τοῦ φόβου σ' ἐξελυσάμην S.OT 1003; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε E.Andr.818; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν A.Pr.237: c. acc. pers. only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους X.HG 7.1.25: abs., ἐξελυσάμην I delivered him from danger, S.Aj.531.    II unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, Hdt.2.173; ἐ. ἁρμούς E.Hipp.825; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, S.Aj.1225.    2 make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, Id.OT 35; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν Id.Tr.654; μόχθον E.Ph.695; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν D.9.14; ἐξελύσατε (v.l. -λύσασθε) τὰς παρασκευάς Id.18.26.    3 relax, Arist.HA610a27; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές Luc.Dom. 17:— Pass., to be faint, fail, Hp.Aph.2.41, Isoc.15.59, D.19.224, Phld.Ir. p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Isoc.4.150; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, Arist.Fr.144, Plb.29.17.4 (so intr. in Act., J.BJ1.33.5), etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα Arist.Pol. 1320b37; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, Plb.4.43.9, 4.41.5.    4 Medic., ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, Dsc.4.169.    5 pay in full, δάνειον Plu.Caes.12 (Pass.).    b purchase, Herod.6.91.    6 resolve a doubt, in Pass., A.D.Synt.176.24; also τὰ ὑπ' ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου ib.311.11.    7 dissolve, τι ὄξει Gal.11.106.    III intr., to break up, depart, LXX 2 Ma.13.16.