παραλύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[v. <b class="b3">λύω</b>] : <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">loose and take off, detach</b>, τὰ πηδάλια τῶν νεῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.136</span> (so in Med., <b class="b3">παραλυόμενοι τὰ πηδάλια</b> [[taking off]] the rudders, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.1.11</span> :—Pass., <b class="b3">παραλελυμέναι τοὺς ταρσούς</b> [[with]] their oars [[taken off]], <span class="bibl">Plb.8.4.2</span>) ; τὴν πτέρυγα -λύσασα τοῦ χιτωνίου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>325</span> ; τὸν θώρακα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>76</span> :—Med., <b class="b3">π. τὴν ῥαφὴν [τοῦ χιτῶνος</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>37</span> ; τοὺς στεφάνους Id.2.646a :—Pass., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.105</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[hamstring]], ἅρματα <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>8.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">undo, put an end to</b>, πόνους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>304</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὴν τοῦ παιδίου ἀμφισβήτησιν</b> [[relinquish]] it, <span class="bibl">Is.4.10</span> :—Med., <b class="b2">get rid of</b>, τὸν κίνδυνον <span class="bibl">D.H.6.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[undo secretly]], τὰ σακκία τῶν χρημάτων Plu.2.10b, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.13.106</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[pay]] a penalty, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>4.15</span> ; = Lat.[[persolvo]], νόμισμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>50.8</span>, <span class="bibl">14</span>(vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, [[part from]], πολλοὺς ἤδη παρέλυσεν θάνατος δάμαρτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>932</span> (lyr., dub.l.) ; <b class="b3">μία γάρ σφεων παρελύθη ὑπὸ Ἰώνων</b> one city (Smyrna) <b class="b2">was detached from</b> them, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.149</span> ; <b class="b3">π. τινὰ τῆς στρατιῆς</b> [[release from]] military service, <span class="bibl">Id.7.38</span> (and in Pass., [[to be exempt from]] it, <span class="bibl">5.75</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.6.33.10</span> ; τοῦ ὅρκου <span class="title">OGI</span>266.46 (Pergam., iii B.C.) ; <b class="b3">π. τινὰ δυσφρονᾶν</b> <b class="b2">set free from</b> cares, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.52</span> ; <b class="b3">π. τινὰ τῆς στρατηγίης</b> [[dismiss from]] the command, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.16</span>, <span class="bibl">8.54</span> ; τῆς δυνάμεως τινά <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1315a12</span> (so in Pass., π. τῆς φυλακῆς <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Cleom.</span>37</span> ; τῆς ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">VS</span>p.481</span> B.) ; also <b class="b3">τὴν ἀρχήν τινι π</b>. ib. p.479 B.; <b class="b3">τοὺς Ἀθηναίους π. τῆς ἐς αὐτὸν ὀργῆς</b> [[set]] them [[free]], [[release]] them [[from]]... <span class="bibl">Th. 2.65</span> ; φαρμάκῳ π. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.14</span> ; παραλελύσθαι τοῦ φόβου <span class="bibl">Plb.30.4.7</span> : c. acc. only, [[set free]], δυστάνου ψυχάν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 117</span> (lyr.) :—Med., [[obtain leave of absence from]], τοὺς παιδονόμους <span class="title">SIG</span>577.56 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">loose besides, in addition</b>, <b class="b3">π. καὶ ἑτέραν [κύνα</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[disable]], [[enfeeble]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>367b</span> ; π. τροφῆς ἀποχῇ τὸ σῶμα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>38</span> :—mostly in Pass., <b class="b2">to be paralysed</b>, δεξιὴ χεὶρ παρελύθη <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.ιγ ; τὰ παραλελυμένα τοῦ σώματος μόρια <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1102b18</span> : generally, <b class="b2">to be exhausted, flag</b>, ἡ δύναμις… τῆς πόλεως παρελύθη <span class="bibl">Lys.13.46</span> ; τῇ σωματικῇ δυνάμει παραλυόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν τραυμάτων <span class="bibl">Plb.16.5.7</span> ; παραλελυμένοι καὶ τοῖς σώμασι καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς <span class="bibl">Id.20.10.9</span> ; τὴν δύναμιν παρελέλυντο <span class="bibl">Id.1.58.9</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰς χεῖρας</b> Teles<span class="bibl">p.38</span> H.</span>