ἐκλύω (ekluo)

Where it lives

Lamentationes 2 · 8.59/10k
Prometheus Bound 4 · 6.8/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Regnorum II 7 · 4.33/10k
Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k
Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k

Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκλύω · eklyō — LSJ

set free, from, release, to be set free, get, set free, release, delivered, from danger

set free, πόνων from labours, A. Pr. 328; release, ὕδατα PTeb. 49.6 (ii B. C.):—Pass., to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου Thgn. 1339; ἐκ δεσμῶν Pl. Phd. 67d:—Med., get one set free, release, ἀλλʼ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι Od. 10.286; τοῦ φόβου σʼ ἐξελυσάμην S. OT 1003; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε E. Andr. 818; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν A. Pr. 237: c. acc. pers. only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους X. HG 7.1.25: abs., ἐξελυσάμην I delivered him from danger, S. Aj. 531.

II unloose, unstring, likely to let loose

unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, Hdt. 2.173; ἐ. ἁρμούς E. Hipp. 825; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, S. Aj. 1225.

2 make an end of, paid, off

make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, Id. OT 35; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν Id. Tr. 654; μόχθον E. Ph. 695; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν D. 9.14; ἐξελύσατε (v.l. -λύσασθε) τὰς παρασκευάς Id. 18.26.

3 relax, to be faint, fail, to be unserviceable, cease

relax, Arist. HA 610a27; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές Luc. Dom. 17:— Pass., to be faint, fail, Hp. Aph. 2.41, Isoc. 15.59, D. 19.224, Phld. Ir. p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 4.150; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, Arist. Fr. 144, Plb. 29.17.4 (so intr. in Act., J. BJ 1.33.5), etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα Arist. Pol. 1320b37; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, Plb. 4.43.9, 4.41.5.

4 relax

Medic., ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, Dsc. 4.169.

5 pay in full

pay in full, δάνειον Plu. Caes. 12 (Pass.).

b purchase

purchase, Herod. 6.91.

6 resolve

resolve a doubt, in Pass., A.D. Synt. 176.24; also τὰ ὑπʼ ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου ib. 311.11.

7 dissolve

dissolve, τι ὄξει Gal. 11.106.

III to break up, depart

intr., to break up, depart, LXX 2 Ma. 13.16.

In the wild

ἐκλύσεται · eklysetai Aeschylus, Eumenides 174–175
ἐξελυσάμην · exelysamēn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 237–238
ἐκλῦσαι · eklysai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 327–328
ἐκλῦσαι · eklysai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 341–342
ἐκλύσοντʼ · eklysontʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 780–781
ἔκλυον · eklyon Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 914)

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Where it came from

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