διάλυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[διαλύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[separating]], [[parting]], διάλυσις τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος Pl.Grg.524b; [[διάλυσις τοῦ σώματος]] = [[dissolution]] of the [[body]], Id.Phd.88b, cf. Democr.297; [[τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν]] = the [[failure]] to [[break]] the [[bridge]]s, Th.1.137; [[disbanding]] of [[troop]]s, X.Cyr.6.1.3; [[breaking up]] of an [[assembly]], opp. [[συλλογή]], Pl.Lg.758d; [[διάλυσις ἀγορῆς]] = the [[time]] of [[breaking up]] of the [[market]], Hdt.3.104; [[τὴν διάλυσιν ἐποιήσαντο]] = broke off the [[action]], Th.1.51; [[χρεῶν διάλυσις]] = [[liquidation]] of [[debt]]s, Pl.Lg.684d, cf. POxy.104.20 (i A. D.), etc.; [[διάλυσις γάμου]] = [[divorce]], Plu.Sull.35, etc.; ἡ φθορὰ διάλυσις οὐσίας Arist.Top.153b31: hence abs., [[dissolution]], opp. [[σύνθεσις]], Id.Cael.304b29, cf. Thphr. Ign.37; [[διάκρισις]] καὶ διάλυσις Pl.Phlb.32a; opp. [[γένεσις]], Phld.D.3.6; [[resolution]] into [[element]]s, e.g. of [[word]]s into [[letter]]s, D.H.Comp.14; [[dissolution]] of [[friendship]], Arist.EN1164a9, ''1'' 165b36; of [[partnership]]s, κοινωνίαι καὶ διαλύσεις Pl.Lg.632b; συμμαχία καὶ διάλυσις Arist.Pol.1298a5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ending]], [[cessation]], κακῶν E.Ph.435; πολέμου Th.4.19, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Isoc.6.51: abs., [[cessation of hostilities]], Com.Adesp.21.23 D.; [[settlement]], [[compromise]], IG12(2).6.20 (Mytilene, iv B.C.), PAmh.2.63.9 (iii A.D.), etc.: in pl., [[settlement]] of a [[dispute]], ἠξίου δὲ καὶ πρὸς ἔμ' αὑτῷ… γίγνεσθαι τὰς διαλύσεις D.21.119, cf. Phoenicid.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[solution]] of a [[problem]], A.D.Synt.243.11; χρησμῶν Luc.Alex.49.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[refutation]] of an [[argument]], S.E.P.2.238.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[resolution]] of a [[diphthong]]: [[ἐν διαλύσει]] = [[διαλελυμένως]], A.D.Pron.29.13.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Rhet., [[asyndeton]], Alex.Fig.2.12, etc.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[discharge]], χορηγιῶν PRyl. 181.10 (iii A.D.); τῶν χρεωστουμένων POxy.71.13 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[deed of separation]] or [[divorce]], PLips.39.10 (iv A.D.); [[ἔγγραφος]] διάλυσις PMasp.153.16 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[division]] of [[inheritance]], Sammelb. 6000.22 (vi A.D.), etc.