ἐκλύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[λύω]]], [[set free]], πόνων from [[labour]]s, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>328</span>; [[release]], ὕδατα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>49.6</span> (ii B. C.):—Pass., to [[be set free]], ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου <span class="bibl">Thgn. 1339</span>; ἐκ δεσμῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>67d</span>:—Med., [[get]] one [[set free]], [[release]], ἀλλ' ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι <span class="bibl">Od.10.286</span>; τοῦ φόβου σ' ἐξελυσάμην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1003</span>; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>818</span>; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>237</span>: c. acc. pers. only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 7.1.25</span>: abs., [[ἐξελυσάμην]] = I [[deliver]]ed him from [[danger]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>531</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[unloose]], <b class="b3">ἐ. τόξα</b> [[unstring]] a [[bow]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>; ἐ. ἁρμούς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>825</span>; <b class="b3">σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα</b> = [[likely]] to [[let loose]] a [[foolish]] [[tongue]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1225</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[make an end of]], <b class="b3">ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν</b> = paid it off, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span> 35</span>; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>654</span>; μόχθον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>695</span>; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν <span class="bibl">D.9.14</span>; [[ἐξελύσατε]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ἐξελύσασθε) τὰς παρασκευάς <span class="bibl">Id.18.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[relax]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>610a27</span>; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span> 17</span>:— Pass., to [[be faint]], [[fail]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.59</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.224</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span> p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.150</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>144</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.29.17.4</span> (so intr. in Act., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.33.5</span>), etc.; of things, to [[be unserviceable]], τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1320b37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα</b>, [[cease]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.43.9</span>, <span class="bibl">4.41.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Medic., <b class="b3">ἐκλύω κοιλίαν</b> [[relax]] the [[bowel]]s, Dsc.4.169. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[pay in full]], [[δάνειον]] <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>12</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[purchase]], <span class="bibl">Herod.6.91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[resolve]] a [[doubt]], in Pass., <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>176.24</span>; also <b class="b3">τὰ ὑπ' ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">311.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[dissolve]], τι ὄξει Gal.11.106. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> intr., to [[break up]], [[depart]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>13.16</span>.</span>