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διαλύω

dialuo

loose one from another, part asunder

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What it meant

διαλύω · dialyō — LSJ

loose one from another, part asunder, untwining, break, up, dismiss, break up, disband, disperse, part, die

loose one from another, part asunder, διαπλέκων καὶ διαλύων twining and untwining, Hdt. 4.67; νὺξ δ. τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους Id. 8.11; δ. τὸν σύλλογον, τὴν συνουσίαν, τὴν πανήγυριν, etc., break it up, dismiss it, Id. 7.10.δ, Pl. Ly. 223b, X. Cyr. 6.1.10, etc.; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ. break up the party and go to bed, ib. 2.3.1; δ. τὴν στρατιάν ib. 6.1.6; τὸ ναυτικόν disband it, Th. 2.93:— Med., συνουσίας Pl. Grg. 457d:—Pass., of an army, assembly, etc., disperse, Hdt. 1.128, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ συλλόγου Id

2 dissolve, break up, destroy, disperse, break up, break up, dissolve, thaw

dissolve into its elements, break up, destroy, δ. καὶ ἀπολλύναι Pl. R. 609a sq.; ἐξ ἑνὸς εἰς πολλὰ δ. Id. Ti. 68d; disperse, break up a herd of sheep, BGU 1012.12 (ii B.C.); break up a ship, παλαιὰν τριήρη δ. IG 2.804, cf. PSI 4.382 (iii B.C.); τρίπους, ὅρμος διαλελυμένος, SIG 2588.169,198 (Delos, ii B.C.); τὰς οἰκήσεις Plb. 4.65.4; dissolve, κοινόν Test.Epict. 8.6; σῴζεσθαι καὶ διαλυθεῖσαν οἴχεσθαι πολιτείαν Pl. Lg. 945c; of the sun, thaw frozen things, X. Cyn. 5.2:—Pass., ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται καὶ ε

3 break off, put an end to, separate, be divorced, dissolve friendship

break off, put an end to friendship, ὁμολογίας Isoc. 4.175; φιλίαν Arist. EN 1157b10:—Pass., of married persons, separate, be divorced, SIG 364.59 (Ephesus):—Med., διαλύσασθαι ξεινίην Hdt. 4.154: abs., dissolve friendship, Arist. EN 1162b25:—Pass., αἱ σπονδαὶ διελέλυντο Th. 5.1.

4 put an end to

put an end to enmity, ἔχθραν, πόλεμον, Id. 8.46:—Med., δ. ἔχθρας Is. 7.11; διαφοράς Isoc. 12.160; πολέμους Id. 4.172, cf. D. 4.15: in plpf. Pass. (with Med. signf.), διελέλυσθε τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 14.27 (v.l. διελύεσθε):—Pass., τὰς ἔχθρας διαλύεσθαι Th. 4.19: hence,

b reconcile, to be parted from, to be reconciled, make up a quarrel

c. acc. pers., reconcile, πρὸς ἔμʼ αὑτὸν διαλύειν ἠξίου D. 21.122, cf. 41.14; δ. τινὰς ἐκ διαφορᾶς Plb. 1.87.4; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ διαλύσων οὔτε λόγος οὔτε ὅρκος Th. 3.83; esp. in legal proceedings, PHamb. 25.5 (iii B.C.), etc.:—Pass. and Med., c. gen. rei, διαλύεσθαι νείκους to be parted from quarrel, i.e. be reconciled, E. Or. 1679 (v.l. νείκας); so διαλυθείσης τῆς διαφορᾶς prob. in D.S. 14.110: also abs., to be reconciled, make up a quarrel, X. HG 7.4.25, cf. Test. ap. Aeschin. 1.66, Thphr. Char. 12

5 put an end to, do away with, cancel, settle

generally, put an end to, do away with, χρήμασι τὴν διαβολήν Th. 1.131; πάσας αὐτοῦ διαλύσω τὰς ἀπολογίας D.27.58; τὸν ἐχόμενον φόβον δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων Pl. Mx. 241b:—so in Med., ἐγκλήματα δ. Th. 1.140; δ. περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ib. 145; διαβολάς Isoc. 11.37, 15.16; τι τῶν κατηγορημένων Id. 12.218; δ. ἃ ἐψηφίσασθε cancel your vote, Lys. 18.15; διαλύσασθαι τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους settle mutual claims, Isoc. 4.40.

6 solve

solve a difficulty, Pl. Sph. 252d; τὴν ἀπορίαν Arist. Metaph. 1062b31:—Med., διαλύσεσθαι σόφισμα S.E. P. 2.238.

7 pay the full, pay, discharge, satisfy, pay, off, order, to be paid, to have, paid to oneself

δ. τὰς τιμάς pay the full value, D. 29.7; pay, discharge, τὴν δαπάνην Hdt. 5.30; χρήματα D. 20.12; τὰ συμβόλαια Arist. Pol. 1276a11; χρέος τινί Plb. 31.27.4; πάντα διελέλυτο D. 28.2: also c. acc. pers., δ. τὸν ναύκληρον satisfy him, i.e. pay him off, D. 49.29, cf. 34.40, 36.50:—Med., order debts to be paid, διαλέλυμαι ταῦτα Arr. An. 7.10.3; but also, to have them paid to oneself, D.Chr. 46.6.

II relax, weaken, make supple and pliant, in loose order, lax

relax, weaken, τὸ σῶμα Hp. Aph. 3.17; esp. of the result of hunger, διαλύεσθαι τῷ λιμῷ UPZ 11.27 (ii B.C.), cf. 42.9 (also in Act. intr., ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ δ. ib. 122.23 (ii B.C.)); make supple and pliant, Ar. Pax 85:—Pass., δ. καὶ ἀδυνατεῖν Arist. HA 585a33; ἀνάπλους διαλελυμένος a sailing out in loose order, Plb. 16.2.6; διαλελυμένη λέξις a lax style, D.H. Lys. 9.

2 slacken oneʼs hold, undo

abs., slacken oneʼs hold, undo, Theoc. 24.32.

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