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ἔκλῠσις

eklusis · ἡ

release, deliverance from

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ἔκλῠσις · eklysis — LSJ

release, deliverance from

release, deliverance from a thing, ἀφροσύνης Thgn. 590 (=Sol. 13.70); ἄθλων A. Pr. 264; τοῦδε τοῦ νοσήματος S. OT 306; δεσμοῦ Theoc. 24.33; Ἀΐδεω AP 6.219.24 (Antip.(?)).

2 weakening

weakening of an opponentʼs case, Hdn. Fig. p.91 S., cf. Alex. Fig. 1.2.

II feebleness, faintness, relaxations

feebleness, faintness, Hp. Aph. 7.8, etc.; τῆς πόλεως ἔ. καὶ μαλακία D. 17.29; ψυχικῶν δυνάμεων Ph. 1.154; φυσική Agatharch. 55; ἐκλύσιες κοιλίης relaxations, Hp. Coac. 625.

2 laxity

laxity, of style, [Longin.] Rh. 12.

III lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones

lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones (διέσεις), Bacch. Intr. 41, Aristid.Quint. 1.10, Plu. Mus. 2.1141b.

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