ἀπόλυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[loosing]], e.g. of a bandage or cord, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>2.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[release]], [[deliverance]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>405b</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.33.1.5</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἀ. τοῦ θανὰτου</b> as far as [[acquittal from]] a capital charge went, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.136</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ</b>. κακῶν θάνατος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arat.</span>54</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. πένθους</b> [[end]] of mourning, <span class="title">OGI</span>56.53 (Canopus). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[getting rid of a disease]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>378</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">spell for releasing</b> a divine being, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.1056, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (from Pass.) [[separation]], [[parting]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>718a14</span>; τῆς ψυχῆς Id.<span class="title">R.</span>479a22: abs., [[decease]], [[death]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.16.8</span>, Lycon ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.5.71</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> to take one's [[departure]], of an army, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.69.10</span>.</span>