διάλυσις: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=εως, ἡ, (διαλύω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">separating, parting</b>, δ. τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>524b</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τοῦ σώματος</b> its <b class="b2">dissolution</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>88b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Democr.297</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ δ</b>. the failure to <b class="b2">break</b> the bridges, <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; <b class="b2">disbanding</b> of troops, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.3</span>; <b class="b2">breaking up</b> of an assembly, opp. <b class="b3">συλλογή</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>758d</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἀγορῆς</b> <b class="b2">the time of</b> its <b class="b2">breaking up</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.104</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν δ. ἐποιήσαντο</b> <b class="b2">broke off</b> the action, <span class="bibl">Th.1.51</span>; <b class="b3">χρεῶν δ</b>. <b class="b2">liquidation</b> of debts, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>684d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>104.20</span> (i A. D.), etc.; δ. γάμου <b class="b2">divorce</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>35</span>, etc.; ἡ φθορὰ δ. οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>153b31</span>: hence abs., <b class="b2">dissolution</b>, opp. <b class="b3">σύνθεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>304b29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Ign.</span>37</span>; διάκρισις καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>32a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">γένεσις</b>, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.6; <b class="b2">resolution</b> into elements, e.g. of words into letters, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>14</span>; <b class="b2">dissolution</b> of friendship, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1164a9</span>, <span class="bibl">1</span> <span class="bibl">165b36</span>; of partnerships, κοινωνίαι καὶ -σεις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>632b</span>; συμμαχία καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1298a5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ending, cessation</b>, κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>435</span>; πολέμου <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.51</span>: abs., <b class="b2">cessation of hostilities</b>, <span class="bibl">Com.Adesp.21.23</span> D.; <b class="b2">settlement, compromise</b>, IG12(2).6.20 (Mytilene, iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.63.9</span> (iii A.D.), etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">settlement</b> of a dispute, ἠξίου δὲ καὶ πρὸς ἔμ' αὑτῷ . . γίγνεσθαι τὰς διαλύσεις <span class="bibl">D.21.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phoenicid.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">solution</b> of a problem, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>243.11</span>; χρησμῶν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">refutation</b> of an argument, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.238</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">resolution of a diphthong</b>: <b class="b3">ἐν διαλύσει</b>, = [[διαλελυμένως]], <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>29.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">asyndeton</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.<span class="title">Fig.</span>2.12</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">discharge</b>, χορηγιῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span> 181.10</span> (iii A.D.); τῶν χρεωστουμένων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>71.13</span> (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">deed of separation</b> or <b class="b2">divorce</b>, PLips.39.10 (iv A.D.); ἔγγραφος δ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>153.16</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b2">division</b> of inheritance, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 6000.22</span> (vi A.D.), etc.</span>

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