λύσις

See also: Λύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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 • (lŭ́sĭs) f (genitive λῠ́σεως); third declension

loosing, releasing, release, ransoming
deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites
redemption of mortgage or pledge
parting
emptying, evacuation
solution (to a difficulty or problem)
remission of fever

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῠ́σῐς; τῆς λῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́σῐς hē lŭ́sĭs	τὼ λῠ́σει tṑ lŭ́sei	αἱ λῠ́σεις hai lŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς λῠ́σεως tês lŭ́seōs	τοῖν λῠσέοιν toîn lŭséoin	τῶν λῠ́σεων tôn lŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ λῠ́σει tēî lŭ́sei	τοῖν λῠσέοιν toîn lŭséoin	ταῖς λῠ́σεσῐ / λῠ́σεσῐν taîs lŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́σῐν tḕn lŭ́sĭn	τὼ λῠ́σει tṑ lŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς λῠ́σεις tā̀s lŭ́seis
Vocative	λῠ́σῐ lŭ́sĭ	λῠ́σει lŭ́sei	λῠ́σεις lŭ́seis
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.