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ὑπεκ-λύω

upekluo

loosen, weaken a little, weaken the force of

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What it meant

ὑπεκ-λύω · hypek-lyō — LSJ

loosen, weaken a little, weaken the force of, cease, become weaker and weaker, to be freed from

loosen or weaken a little, τὴν γνώμην Plu. Nic. 14; τὴν σφοδρότητα τῆς ἐμβολῆς J. BJ 7.8.5; τὸν τῆς ὁλκῆς τόνον Sor. 2.61 (prob.); ἐπὶ συνουσίαν ὁρμάς Ps.-Dsc. 1.103; [ὁ οἶνος] στρατηγοὺς τῆς φρονήσεως ὑπεκλύει Sch. Il. 6.260; weaken the force of, τὸν λόγον A.D. Synt. 224.4:—Pass., cease, become weaker and weaker, παλμοὶ ὑπεκλυόμενοι Hp. Mul. 1.25; οἶνος Sch. Ar. V. 151; ὑπεκλυομένην ἴσχει τὴν ταραχήν S.E. M. 11.214, cf. Sor. 2.11: c. gen., to be freed from, τινος A.D. Synt. 41.11.

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