ἐπιλύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[loose]], [[untie]], δεσμά Theoc.<span class="title">Adon.</span>42; <b class="b3">ἐ.κύνας</b> [[let slip]] dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>7.8</span>: generally, [[set free]], [[release]], τοὺς κακούργους τῷ πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Par.</span>50</span>:—Med., ἐπιλύεσθαί τινα τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ ἀγανακτεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span> 43c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιλύεσθαι ἐπιστολάς</b> [[open]]them, <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.12.8</span>; [[Ἐπιλυσαμένη]], epith. of various divinities, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[solve]], [[explain]], <b class="b3">πάντα τοῖς</b> μαθηταῖς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>4.34</span>:—Pass.,<span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.246</span>,Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.9.106</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>8.6.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.259.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.45o</span>f, al.: pf. part. Pass. [[ἐπιλελυμένος]] [[lucid]], of writings, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.329.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[confute]] an accusation, Luc.Bis Acc.30. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. Med., [[manumit]], Delph.3(2).233 (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. [[release]], [[discharge]] a debtor, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τᾶν κοινᾶν ποθόδων ἐπιλυθῆμεν</b> (inf. Pass.) τοὺς ἐρρυτιασμένους <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 104.7 (Troezen, ii B.C.): [[pay]], c. dat. pers., ib.12:—Med., [[discharge]] a debt, δάνειον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>1.26.2</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. fut. Med. in pass. sense, [[lose strength]], [[give in]], <span class="bibl">Lys.25.33</span> (dub.l.).</span>