λύσις

See also: Λύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύω (lúō, “loosen”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.sis/ → /ˈly.sis/ → /ˈli.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.sis/

Noun

λῠ́σῐς • (lúsis) f (genitive λῠ́σεως); third declension

1. loosing, releasing, release, ransoming
2. deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites
3. redemption of mortgage or pledge
4. parting
5. emptying, evacuation
6. solution (to a difficulty or problem)
7. remission of fever

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῠ́σῐς; τῆς λῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́σῐς hē lúsis	τὼ λῠ́σει tṑ lúsei	αἱ λῠ́σεις hai lúseis
Genitive	τῆς λῠ́σεως tês lúseōs	τοῖν λῠσέοιν toîn luséoin	τῶν λῠ́σεων tôn lúseōn
Dative	τῇ λῠ́σει têi lúsei	τοῖν λῠσέοιν toîn luséoin	ταῖς λῠ́σεσῐ / λῠ́σεσῐν taîs lúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́σῐν tḕn lúsin	τὼ λῠ́σει tṑ lúsei	τᾱ̀ς λῠ́σεις tā̀s lúseis
Vocative	λῠ́σῐ lúsi	λῠ́σει lúsei	λῠ́σεις lúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνάλυσις (análusis)
• ἀντανάλυσις (antanálusis)
• ἀπόλυσις (apólusis)
• διάλυσις (diálusis)
• ἐπανάλυσις (epanálusis)
• ἐπίλυσις (epílusis)
• κατάλυσις (katálusis)
• Λύσανδρος (Lúsandros)
• Λυσίας (Lusías)
• Λυσιδίκη (Lusidíkē)
• Λυσικλῆς (Lusiklês)
• Λυσίμαχος (Lusímakhos)
• Λύσιππος (Lúsippos)
• Λυσιστράτη (Lusistrátē)
• Λυσίστρατος (Lusístratos)
• παράλυσις (parálusis)
• περίλυσις (perílusis)
• σύλλυσις (súllusis)
• ὑπέκλυσις (hupéklusis)
• ὑπόλυσις (hupólusis)

 

Descendants

• English: lyso-, -lysis
• Latin: lysis
  • English: lysis

References

• “λύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λύσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λύσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λύσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λύσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3080 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abatement idem, page 1.
  • absolution idem, page 4.
  • atonement idem, page 49.
  • cleansing idem, page 136.
  • cure idem, page 190.
  • deliverance idem, page 208.
  • discharge idem, page 229.
  • disentanglement idem, page 233.
  • dissolution idem, page 240.
  • elucidation idem, page 266.
  • emancipation idem, page 266.
  • expiation idem, page 294.
  • freedom idem, page 344.
  • liberation idem, page 488.
  • lysis idem, page 506.
  • propitiation idem, page 653.
  • purging idem, page 658.
  • purification idem, page 658.
  • ransom idem, page 671.
  • redemption idem, page 684.
  • release idem, page 690.
  • relief idem, page 691.
  • remedy idem, page 692.
  • rescue idem, page 700.
  • riddance idem, page 713.
  • salvation idem, page 732.
  • satisfaction idem, page 734.
  • solution idem, page 793.