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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[letting go]], [[dismissal]], τινὸς ἐκ Συρακουσῶν Plu. <b class="b2">Comp. Dion. Brut</b>.2 ; [[release]], <span class="bibl">D.H.7.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>[[slackening]] of strength, [[paralysis]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.45</span>; παραπληγίη π. ἁφῆς καὶ κινήσιος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span> 1.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.5</span>, Plu.2.652e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς ὕλης π</b>. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 440</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>[[remission]] of debts, <b class="b3">χρημάτων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Phalar.<span class="title">Ep.</span>81.1</span>; of sins, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>3.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[neglect]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Reg.</span> 13</span>.</span>