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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -λύσω <span class="bibl">Od.4.28</span>: 3pl. plpf. -λελύκεσαν <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.4.2</span>:—Pass., fut. -λῠθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>714c</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 38.22</span> (fut. Med. in pass. sense, v. infr. <span class="bibl">1.2a</span>): pf. -λέλῠμαι <span class="bibl">Th.6.36</span>:— [[put down]], [[destroy]], πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα <span class="bibl">Il.2.117</span>, <span class="bibl">9.24</span>; [[τείχη]], ([[πτόλιν]]), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>819</span>, <span class="bibl">1080</span> (both lyr.); [[γέφυραν]] [[break]] it [[up]], Hdn. l. c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of political or other systems, [[dissolve]], [[break up]], [[put down]], <b class="b3">κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.53</span>,<span class="bibl">54</span>, <span class="bibl">5.92</span>.ά; τοῦ Διὸς τὴν δύναμιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>142</span>; τὸ κράτος τῆς βουλῆς <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>7</span>; τὰς προσόδους τὰς Μιλησίων <span class="title">SIG</span>633.40 (Milet., ii B. C.): freq. in Att., κ. τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 453</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.81</span>; τὴν δημοκρατίαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>948</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς πολιτείας</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D. 18.182</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">καταλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας</b> Lex ap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">95</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292a29</span>: fut. Med. as Pass., <b class="b3">καταλύσεται… ἡ ἀρχή</b> (Cobet [[καταλελύσεται]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. pers., [[put down]], [[depose]], κ. τύραννον <span class="bibl">Th.1.18</span>, etc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.24</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν</b> [[having been dismissed]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.43</span>; καταλυθῆναι τῆς ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Id.1.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[dissolve]], [[dismiss]], [[disband]] a body, <b class="b3">καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.5.72</span>, <span class="bibl">7.16</span>.β; τῶν πόλεων τά τε βουλευτήρια καὶ τὰς ἀρχάς <span class="bibl">Th.2.15</span>; τὸ ναυτικόν <span class="bibl">D.18.102</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> [[abolish]] or [[annul]] laws, customs, etc., δίκην <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Pal.</span>17</span>; νόμους <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.66</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">Plb.3.8.2</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>5.17</span>; ψήφισμα <span class="title">Michel</span>725.20 (ii B.C.); also <b class="b3">κ. τὸν ἱππέα</b> [[render]] him [[useless]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">τὴν φυλακὴν κ</b>. [[neglect]] the watch, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1308a29</span>; τὴν φρουράν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>762c</span>; τὴν κοινὴν φυλακὴν καταλυθῆναι βούλεται <span class="bibl">Din.1.112</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">f</span> <b class="b3">κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν</b> [[lay]] it down, <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.59</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἄσκησιν</b>, v. infr. 3a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[bring to an end]], τὸν βίον <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Ap.</span>7</span>; ἐς Ἅιδαν καταλύσουσ' ἔμμοχθον βίοτον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1004</span>(lyr.); μώμου ἀδικίαν καὶ δόξης ἀμαθίαν <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Hel.</span>21</span>; ἐλπίδα <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>; δόξα, ἣν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ -λῦσαι <span class="bibl">D.10.73</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.33.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.1</span>; κ. τὰς θυσίας <span class="bibl">Lys.30.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.68</span>; τὰ γυμνάσια <span class="bibl">And.4.39</span>; τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.126</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.176</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ</b>. ib.199: abs., [[make an end]], <b class="b3">ὥρᾳ κ</b>. [[die]] in good time, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Com.14</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>8.28</span>; <b class="b3">πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε</b> [[retired]] from the ring, <span class="title">AP</span>11.79 (Lucill.), cf. <span class="bibl">161</span> (Id.) (in full -λῦσαι τὴν ἄσκησιν <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Protr.</span>14</span>); <b class="b3">καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύειν</b> in the [[ending]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>921a20</span>: also pf. part. Pass. [[καταλελυμένος]] [[disused]], [[obsolete]], Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.68 K. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην</b> [[break]] the peace, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.55</span>; but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> more commonly, <b class="b3">κ. τὸν πόλεμον</b> [[end]] the war, make peace, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>112</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.27</span>, etc.; [[δίκας]] [[settle]] disputes, <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).357.15 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): abs. (sc. <b class="b3">τὸν πόλεμον</b>), Foed. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.5.23</span>; <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b> Foed.ib.<span class="bibl">8.58</span>:—more freq. in Med., <b class="b3">καταλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας</b>, [[componere inimicitias]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.146</span>; τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">And.3.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.36</span>; στάσιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>359</span>: abs., [[make peace]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.140</span>.ά, <span class="bibl">Th.1.81</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.8.6</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καταλύεσθαί τινι</b> [[come to terms with]] one, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.11</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., <b class="b3">ἤδη καταλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας</b> in the [[decay]] of life, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1335a34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[unloose]], [[unyoke]], καταλύσομεν ἵππους <span class="bibl">Od.4.28</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ</b>. [[take]] it down from the wall where it was hung up, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.γ:—Pass., to [[be taken down]] from hanging, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[take up one's quarters]], [[lodge]], <b class="b3">παρ' ἐμοὶ καταλύει</b> he [[is]] my [[guest]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>447b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>311a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.82</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>315d</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">κ. παρά τινα</b> [[turn off]] the road to a person's house, [[go and lodge]] with him, <span class="bibl">Th.1.136</span>; κ. εἰς πανδοκεῖον <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.97</span>; Μεγαροῖ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142c</span>; ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ <span class="title">SIG</span>978.8(Cnidos, iii B.C.):—Med., <b class="b3">θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν</b> [[may I take my rest]] in the grave, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>146</span> (anap.).</span>

|strgr=from [[κατά]] and [[λύω]]; to [[loosen]] down ([[disintegrate]]), i.e. (by [[implication]]) to [[demolish]] ([[literally]] or [[figuratively]]); [[specially]] ([[compare]] [[κατάλυμα]]) to [[halt]] for the [[night]]: [[destroy]], [[dissolve]], be [[guest]], [[lodge]], [[come]] to [[nought]], [[overthrow]], [[throw]] down.

|txtha=[[future]] καταλύσω; 1st aorist κατέλυσα; 1st aorist [[passive]] κατελυθην; 1future [[passive]] 3rd [[person]] [[singular]] καταλυθήσεται; to [[dissolve]], [[disunite]] ([[see]], III:4);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> ([[what]] has been joined [[together]]) equivalent to to [[destroy]], [[demolish]]: λίθους (A. V. [[throw]] down), [[τόν]] ναόν, οἰκίαν, οἰκοδομεῖν, [[Homer]], Iliad 9,24 f; 2,117; τευχη, [[Euripides]], Tro. 819; γέφυραν, Herodian, 8,4, 4 (2edition, Bekker)).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> [[metaphorically]], to [[overthrow]], i. e. to [[render]] [[vain]], to [[deprive]] of [[success]], to [[bring]] to [[naught]]: [[τήν]] βουλήν ἤ τό [[ἔργον]], τάς ἀπειλάς, τινα, to [[render]] [[fruitless]] [[one]]'s desires, endeavors, etc. ibid. 39 G L T Tr WH ([[Plato]], legg. 4, p. 714c.); to [[subvert]], [[overthrow]]: τό [[ἔργον]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ ([[see]] [[ἀγαθός]], 2), [[Herodotus]] down, of institutions, forms of [[government]], laws, etc., to [[deprive]] of [[force]], [[annul]], [[abrogate]], [[discard]]: [[τόν]] νόμον, [[Xenophon]], mem. 4,4, 14; Isocrates paneg. § 55; Philost. v., Apoll. 4,40).<br /><b class="num">c.</b> of travelers, to [[halt]] on a [[journey]], to [[put]] up, [[lodge]] (the figurative [[expression]] originating in the [[circumstance]] [[that]], to [[put]] up for the [[night]], the straps and packs of the beasts of [[burden]] are unbound and taken [[off]]; or, [[perhaps]] [[more]] [[correctly]], from the [[fact]] [[that]] the traveler's garments, tied up [[when]] he is on the [[journey]], are unloosed at its [[end]]; cf. [[ἀναλύω]], 2): [[Thucydides]], [[Xenophon]], [[Plato]] down; the Sept. for לוּן, Buttmann, 145 (127)).

|mdlsjtxt=fut. -λύσω Pass., fut. -λῠθήσομαι perf. -λέλῠμαι<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to put down, [[destroy]], Il., Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of governments, to [[dissolve]], [[break]] up, put down, Hdt., Ar., etc.; κ. τύραννον to put down, to [[depose]], Thuc.; κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς Xen.:—Pass., τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, Hdt.,<br />b. to [[dissolve]], [[dismiss]], [[disband]] a [[body]], καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν Hdt.; τὸ ναυτικόν Dem.<br />c. τὴν φυλακὴν κ. to [[neglect]] the [[watch]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to end, [[bring]] to an end, βίοτον Eur.; τὸν βίον Xen.<br />b. κ. τὴν εἰρήνην to [[break]] the [[peace]], Aeschin.<br />c. κ. τὸν πόλεμον to end the war, make [[peace]], Thuc., Xen., etc.; and absol. (sub. τὸν πόλεμον) καταλύειν τινί or πρός τινα to make [[peace]] with him, Thuc.:—so in Mid., Thuc., etc.; καταλύεσθαι τὰς ἔχθρας Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[unloose]], [[unyoke]], ἵππους Od.; τὸ [[σῶμα]] τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. to [[take]] it down from the [[wall]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> intr. to [[take]] up one's [[quarters]], to [[lodge]], παρ' ἐμοὶ καταλύει he is my [[guest]], Plat.; κ. [[παρά]] τινα to go and [[lodge]] with him, Thuc.: absol. to [[take]] one's [[rest]], Ar.; Mid., θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν may I [[take]] my [[rest]] in the [[grave]], Eur.