λέλυμαι

λύω

luo: perf ind mp 1st sg

λύω, poet. imper.

A

λῦθι Pi.Fr.85

: [tense] fut. λύσω [ῡ] Il.1.29, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἔλῡσα 18.244

, etc.: [tense] pf.

λέλῠκα Th.7.18

, Ar.V. 992 ( ἀπο-), etc.:— [voice] Pass., [tense] pf.

λέλῠμαι Il.8.103

, etc.: [tense] plpf. ἐλελύμην [ῠ] Od.22.186, etc.: [tense] aor. ἐλύθην, [dialect] Ep. λύθην [ῠ] 8.360, E.Hel. 860, Th.2.103, etc.: [tense] fut.

λῠθήσομαι Pl.Ti. 41b

, Isoc.12.116, etc., also λελύσομαι [ῡ] D.14.2, X. Cyr.6.2.37 ( ἀπο-): [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. λύμην [ῠ] Il.21.80; λύτο [ῠ] ib. 114, but

λῦτο 24.1

(at beginning of line, v.l. λύτο);

λύντο 7.16

: also [ per.] 3sg. opt. [tense] pf.

λελῦτο Od.18.238

:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

λύσομαι Il.1.13

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐλυσάμην 14.214

: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. λέλῦμαι in med. sense, D.36.45, Arist.Rh. 1400a22 (cf. δια-, κατα-λύω): [tense] fut. λύσομαι in pass. sense, ( δια-) Th.2.12, ( ἐπι-) Lys.25.33 codd. ( καταλύσεσθαι edd.), ( κατα-) X.Cyr.1.6.9.—Homer uses all tenses exc. [tense] pf. [voice] Act., [tense] pres. and [tense] fut. [voice] Pass. [In [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. [pron. full] ῡ always in [dialect] Att., [pron. full] ῠ mostly in [dialect] Ep., though Hom. has [pron. full] ῡ twice,

ἔλῡεν Il.23.513

, λῡει Od.7.74; also in compds.,

ἀλλῡεσκεν 2.105

, ἀλλῡουσαν ib. 109: in [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. 1 [pron. full] ῡ always: in other tenses [pron. full] ῠ always, exc. in the forms λελῦτο, λῦτο (v. supr.).] (Cf. Lat. luo (pay), re-luo, solvo (for se-luo), solūtus, etc.):— loosen:

I of things, unbind, unfasten, esp. clothes and armour, λῦσε δέ οἱ ζωστῇρα, θώρηκα, Il.4.215, 16.804; λ. παρθενίην ζώνην loose the maiden-girdle, of the husband after marriage, Od. 11.245; of the wife,

λύοι χαλινὸν ὑφ' ἥρωϊ παρθενίας Pi.I.8(7).48

;

ἔνθα παρθένει' ἔλυσ' ἐγὼ κορεύματα E.Alc. 177

; so

ἔλυσας.. ἅγνευμα σόν Id.Tr. 501

; freq. of the tackling of ships, λ. πρυμνήσια, ἱστία, λαῖφος, etc., Od.2.418, 15.496, 552, h.Ap. 406, etc. (never in Il.); λ. πρύμνας, νεῶν πόδα, E.Hec. 539, 1020, etc.: abs., λύειν, of ships, set sail,

λῦε, κυβερνήτα APl.1.6

*.9 ([place name] Panteleus); ἀσκὸν λ. untie a skin (used as a bag), Od.10.47: freq. in Trag., λ. στολάς, πέπλον, S.OC 1597, Tr. 924; λ. ἡνίαν slacken the rein, Id.El. 743; κλῄθρων λυθέντων when the gates have been opened, A.Th. 396; λ. γράμματα, δέλτον, open a letter, E.IA38 (anap.), 307; λ. πέδας, δεσμά, A.Eu. 645 ([voice] Pass.), E.HF 1123;

ἀρβύλας A.Ag. 945

; ἀρτάνας.. δέρης ἔλυσαν loosed it from my neck, ib. 876, cf. E.Hipp. 781:—[voice] Med., ἀπὸ στήθεσφιν ἐλύσατο κεστὸν ἱμάντα undid her belt, Il.14.214; but λύοντο τεύχεα they undid the armour for themselves, i.e. stripped it off (others), 17.318; later λυσαμένα πλοκαμῖδας unbinding her hair, Bion 1.20, etc.

b in various phrases, στόμα λ. open the mouth, E.Hipp. 1060, Isoc.12.96;

γλώσσας λ. εἰς αἰσχροὺς μύθους Critias 6.9

D.; λ. βλεφάρων ἕδραν wake up, E.Rh.8 (anap.); λ. ὀφρύν unfold the brow, Id.Hipp. 290;

λ. ἄχος ἀπ' ὀμμάτων S.Aj. 706

(lyr.), etc.

2 of living beings,

a of horses, etc., unyoke, unharness, opp. ζεύγνυμι, Od.4.35; ἐξ ὀχέων, ὑπὲξ ὀχέων, Il.5.369,8.504;

ὑφ' ἅρμασιν 18.244

;

ὑπὸ ζυγοῦ Od.4.39

:

ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν Il.24.576

;

ὑπ' ἀπήνης Od.7.6

(also in [voice] Med., μὴ.. ὑπ' ὄχεσφι λυώμεθα μώνυχας ἵππους unyoke our horses, Il. 23.7;

βόε λῦσαι Hes.Op. 608

); λύε μώνυχας ἵππους loosed them, Il.10.498; λ. κύνα let him loose, X.Cyn.6.13, etc.

b of men, release, deliver, esp. from bonds or prison, and so, generally, from difficulty or danger, Il.15.22, Od.8.345, 12.53, D.24.206, etc.; ὁ λύσων he that shall deliver, A.Pr. 771, 785: c. gen. rei,

τὸν.. θεοὶ κακότητος ἔλυσαν Od.5.397

, cf. Pi.P.3.50, etc.;

λ. τινὰ δεσμῶν A.Pr. 1006

;

ὄκνου S. Tr. 181

;

τὼ.. ἐκ δεσμοῖο λύθεν Od.8.360

, cf. Pi.O.4.23, A.Pr. 873, E.Hipp. 1244, Pl.R. 360c; also λ. δόμους ἁβρότατος rob the house of.., Pi.P.11.34; λ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς depose him from.., D.S.13.92:—[voice] Med., prop. get one loosed or set free,

λύσασθαί τινα δυσφροσυνάων Hes.Th. 528

;

ὅσπερ Ἰὼ πημονᾶς ἐλύσατο A.Supp. 1065

(lyr.):—[voice] Pass.,

λυθῆναι τὰς πέδας D.S.17.116

; λέλυται γὰρ λαὸς ἐλεύθερα βάζειν, ὡς ἐλύθη ζυγὸν ἀλκᾶς has been let loose to speak, since the yoke was loosed, A.Pers. 592 (lyr.).

c of prisoners, release on receipt of ransom, admit to ransom, release, Il.1.29, 24.137, 555, etc.;

λ. τινά τινι 1.20

, 24.561, Od.10.298; Σαρπηδόνος ἔντεα καλὰ λύσειαν would give them up, Il.17.163; in full,

λ. τινὰ ἀποίνων 11.106

;

χρημάτων μεγάλων Hdt.2.135

([voice] Pass.);

ἀνὴρ ἀντ' ἀνδρὸς λυθείς Th.5.3

:—[voice] Med., release by payment of ransom, get a person released, redeem, Il.1.13, 24.118, al., Od.10.284, 385, Pl.Mx. 243c, D.19.229;

λύσασθαί τινας ἐκ πολεμίων Lys.12.20

;

ἵππον X.An.7.8.6

;

ὅσους αὐτὸς ἐλυσάμην τῶν αἰχμαλώτων D.19.169

;

λ. τινὶ τὸ χωρίον Id.50.28

; ἑαυτοὺς λ. pay their own ransom, Id.19.169; buy from a pimp, Ar.V. 1353.

d λελύσθαι τῶν νόμων, = Lat. legibus solvi, D.C.53.18.

3 give up, [

θρόνον] λῦσον ἄμμιν Pi.P.4.155

.

II resolve a whole into its parts, dissolve, break up, λ. ἀγορήν dissolve the assembly, Il.1.305;

ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει Od.2.69

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

λῦτο δ' ἀγών Il.24.1

;

μὴ λυθείη ἡ στρατιά X.Cyr.6.1.2

; πρὶν <ἂν>.. ἡ ἀγορὰ ( market)

λυθῇ Id.Oec. 12.1

;

λυθείσης τῆς συνουσίας Plb.5.15.3

.

2 of concrete objects, σπάρτα λέλυνται, i. e. have rotted, Il.2.135;

ῥαφαὶ δ' ἐλέλυντο ἱμάντων Od.22.186

; λ. τὴν σχεδίην break it up, Hdt.4.97; [ τὴν γέφυραν] X. An.2.4.17; τὴν ἀπόφραξιν ib.4.2.25.

3 esp. of physical strength, loosen, i. e. weaken, relax, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα made his limbs slack or loose, i. e. killed him, Il.4.469, al.;

ὅς τοι γούνατ' ἔλυσα 22.335

;

πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατ' ἔλυσεν 5.176

, etc.;

ἀλλά οἱ αὖθι λῦσε μένος 16.332

;

πέλεκυς λῦσεν.. βοὸς μένος Od.3.450

, cf. Il.17.29; but οἵ μοι καμάτῳ.. γούνατ' ἔλυσαν made my knees weak with toil, Od.20.118:—[voice] Pass., λύντο δὲ γυῖα, etc., as the effect of death, sleep, weariness, fear, Il. 7.16, etc.;

καμάτῳ φίλα γυῖα λέλυντο 13.85

, cf. Od.8.233;

αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα καὶ φίλον ἦτορ Il.21.114

, 425;

λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε 5.296

, etc.;

λύθεν δέ οἱ ἅψεα πάντα Od.4.794

, 18.189;

λέλυται γυίων ῥώμη A.Pers. 913

(anap.);

λύεται δέ μου μέλη E.Hec. 438

;

λέλυμαι μελέων σύνδεσμα Id.Hipp. 199

(anap.).

b λύει βλέφαρα closes her eyes in sleep, S.Ant. 1302.

c metaph.,

λ. τὴν ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς πρὸς μάχην παρασκευήν X.HG7.5.22

.

4 undo, bring to naught, destroy,

πολίων κάρηνα Il.9.25

;

Τροίης κρήδεμνα 16.100

, Od.13.388, cf. B.Fr.16.7: generally, put an end to,

νείκεα Il.14.205

;

μελεδήματα 23.62

;

ἔριν E.Ph.81

, AP9.316.12 (Leon.);

πόλεμον Th.5.31

;

ἐπιμομφάν Pi.O.10(11).9

;

μέμψιν Democr.271

;

φόβον A.Th. 270

; φόβον καὶ τὴν ὑποψίαν Polystr.p.7 W., cf. Epicur.Sent.12;

μοχθήματα S.OC 1616

;

ἀνάγκας E.Supp.39

; βίον, i.e. die, Id.IT 692; αἰῶν' ἔλυσε, i.e. died, B.1.43;

λ. τὸ τέλος βίον S.OC 1720

(lyr.); μαχας Ar. Pax 991 (anap.);

νοσήματα Diocl.Fr.35

([voice] Pass.), cf. Gal.6.476;

κόπους Dsc.Eup.1.220

; forgive,

ἁμαρτήματα LXXJb.42.9

.

b in Prose, λ. νόμους repeal or annul laws, Hdt.3.82, D.3.10, Arist.Pol. 1269a15; οὐθὲν τῶν περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν ib. 1298b31;

λ. ψήφῳ τὸ παράνομον Aeschin. 3.197

([voice] Pass.), etc.;

ἐπεὶ ἐκεῖνοι ἔλυσαν τὰς σπονδὰς λελύσθαι μοι δοκεῖ ἡ ἐκείνων ὕβρις καὶ ἡ ἡμετέρα ὑποψία X.An.3.1.21

; rescind a vote,

ψῆφον λύει ὁ νόμος D.24.2

; revoke a will,

διαθήκην Is.6.33

, etc. (but in [voice] Pass., to be opened, of a will, POxy.715.19 (ii A. D.), etc.); unbind a spell, Iamb.Myst.3.27:—[voice] Pass., λέλυται πάντα all ties are broken, all is in confusion, D.25.25.

c as a technical term, solve a difficulty, a problem, a question,

λύεται ἡ ἀπορία Pl.Prt. 324e

, al.;

λ. ζήτημα Gal.6.436

.

d refute an argument, Pl.Grg. 509a, Arist.Rh. 1402b24,al.; cf.

λύσις 11.4b

,

λυτικός 11

.

e unravel the plot of a tragedy, opp. πλέκειν, Id.Po. 1456a10.

f λ. τὴν φάσιν, of the Moon, pass out of, Vett. Val.134.1, cf. 2.

5 break a legal agreement or obligation,

τὸν νόμον Hdt.6.106

;

τὰς σπονδάς Th.1.23

, 78, cf. 4.23, al.;

τὰ συγκείμενα Lys.6.41

; σίς κε τὰς ϝρήτας τάσδε λύση whoso breaks this agreement, Inscr.Cypr.135.29 H.

6 in physical sense, dissolve, λύθεν, opp. πάγεν, Emp.15.4; τὸ θερμὸν λύει, opp. πήγνυσι, Arist.Mete. 384b11, cf. 382b33 ([voice] Pass.);

ἀμμωνιακὸν ὄξει λύσας Gal.11.106

; melt,

παγείσας χιόνας Hdn.8.4.2

;

τι πυρὶ λ. Hippiatr.52

.

7 of medicines,

λ. τὴν κοιλίαν Arist.Pr. 863b29

, cf. Hp.Acut.(Sp.)38, Diocl.Fr.140; so of the effects of terror, Arist.Pr. 877a32 ([voice] Pass.).

8 resolve ¯ into [pron. full] ?λύωX?λύωX, in [voice] Pass., Heph.8, 10, Aristid. Quint.1.28.

III solve, fulfil, accomplish,

τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντεῖα S.OT 407

;

ὅρκον Plb.6.58.4

.

IV atone for, make up for,

τὰς πρότερον ἁμαρτίας Ar.Ra.

691;

λύσων ὅσ' ἐξήμαρτον S.Ph. 1224

;

λ. φόνον φόνῳ Id.OT 101

, E. Or. 511;

αἱ πρόσοδοι λύουσι τἀναλώματα Diph.32.5

:—[voice] Med.,

τῶν πάλαι πεπραγμένων λύσασθ' αἷμα.. δίκαις A.Ch. 804

(lyr.).

V μισθὸν λύειν pay wages in full, quit oneself of them, used only in cases of obligation, X.Ages.2.31.

2 τέλη λύειν, = λυσιτελεῖν, pay, profit. avail, ἔνθα μὴ τέλη λύει φρονοῦντι where it boots not to be wise, S.OT 316: but more freq. λύει without τέλη, construed like λυσιτελεῖ, abs.,

λύει δ' ἄλγος E.Med. 1362

, cf. PSI4.400.16: c. dat. pers.,

φημὶ τοιούτους γάμους λύειν βροτοῖσιν E.Alc. 628

, cf.Hipp. 441: c. inf., πῶς οὖν λύει.. ἐπιβάλλειν; Id.Med. 1112 (anap.); ἐμοί τελύειτοῖσιμέλλουσιν τέκνοις τὰ ζῶντ' ὀνῆσαι it is good for me to benefit my living children by means of those to come, ib. 566;

λύει ἀπελθεῖν UPZ 77i12

(ii B.C.): c. acc. et inf., λύει γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδέν, οὐδ' ἐπωφελεῖ,.. θανεῖν it is not expedient that we should die ( οὐδ' ἐπωφελεῖ being parenthetic), S.El. 1005;

οὐ γάρ με λύει.. κακορροθεῖσθαι E.Sthen.Prol.35

; cf. λυσιτελέω.

κατα-λύω, [tense] fut.

A

- λύσω Od.4.28

: [ per.] 3pl. [tense] plpf.

- λελύκεσαν Hdn.8.4.2

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

- λῠθήσομαι Pl.Lg. 714c

, D. 38.22 ([tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, v. infr. 1.2a): [tense] pf.

- λέλῠμαι Th.6.36

:— put down, destroy,

πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα Il.2.117

, 9.24; τείχη, [ πτόλιν], E.Tr. 819, 1080 (both lyr.); γέφυραν break it up, Hdn. l. c.

2 of political or other systems, dissolve, break up, put down, κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας, Hdt.1.53,54, 5.92.

ά; τοῦ Διὸς τὴν δύναμιν Ar.Pl. 142

;

τὸ κράτος τῆς βουλῆς Plu.Per.7

;

τὰς προσόδους τὰς Μιλησίων SIG633.40

(Milet., ii B. C.): freq. in [dialect] Att.,

κ. τὸν δῆμον Ar.Ec. 453

, Th.3.81;

τὴν δημοκρατίαν Ar.Pl. 948

; τὰς πολιτείας Decr. ap. D. 18.182:—[voice] Pass., καταλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας Lex ap.And.1.96, cf. 95, Lys.13.4, Arist.Pol. 1292a29: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. as [voice] Pass., καταλύσεται.. ἡ ἀρχή (Cobet καταλελύσεται) X.Cyr.1.6.9.

b c. acc. pers., put down, depose,

κ. τύραννον Th.1.18

, etc.;

κ. τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς X.Cyr.8.5.24

:— [voice] Pass., τῶν ἄλλων καταλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, Hdt.6.43;

καταλυθῆναι τῆς ἀρχῆς Id.1.104

, cf. 6.9.

c dissolve, dismiss, disband a body, καταλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον, Id.5.72, 7.16.

β; τῶν πόλεων τά τε βουλευτήρια καὶ τὰς ἀρχάς Th.2.15

;

τὸ ναυτικόν D.18.102

([voice] Pass.).

d abolish or annul laws, customs, etc.,

δίκην Gorg.Pal.17

;

νόμους Isoc.6.66

([voice] Pass.), Plb.3.8.2, cf.Ev.Matt.5.17;

ψήφισμα Michel725.20

(ii B.C.); also κ. τὸν ἱππέα render him useless, X.Eq.12.5.

e τὴν φυλακὴν κ. neglect the watch, Ar.V.2, cf. Arist.Pol. 1308a29;

τὴν φρουράν Pl.Lg. 762c

;

τὴν κοινὴν φυλακὴν καταλυθῆναι βούλεται Din.1.112

.

f κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν lay it down, Isoc.18.59; τὴν ἄσκησιν, v. infr. 3a.

3 bring to an end,

τὸν βίον X. Ap.7

;

ἐς Ἅιδαν καταλύσουσ' ἔμμοχθον βίοτον E.Supp. 1004

(lyr.);

μώμου ἀδικίαν καὶ δόξης ἀμαθίαν Gorg.Hel.21

;

ἐλπίδα Th.2.89

;

δόξα, ἣν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ -λῦσαι D.10.73

; κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν, Id.33.4, Ael.NA13.1;

κ. τὰς θυσίας Lys.30.17

, Isoc.6.68;

τὰ γυμνάσια And.4.39

;

τὸν λόγον Aeschin.2.126

, Isoc.12.176; τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ. ib.199: abs., make an end, ὥρᾳ κ. die in good time, Diocl.Com.14, cf.Philostr.VA8.28; πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε retired from the ring, AP11.79 (Lucill.), cf. 161 (Id.) (in full

- λῦσαι τὴν ἄσκησιν Gal.Protr.14

); καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύειν in the ending, Arist.Pr. 921a20: also [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass. καταλελυμένος disused, obsolete, Phld.Mus.p.68 K.

b κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην break the peace, Aeschin.3.55; but,

c more commonly, κ. τὸν πόλεμον end the war, make peace, Ar.Lys. 112, Th.7.31, X.An.5.7.27, etc.; δίκας settle disputes, IG5(2).357.15 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): abs. (sc. τὸν πόλεμον), Foed. ap. Th.5.23; πρός τινα Foed.ib.8.58:—more freq. in [voice] Med., καταλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας, componere inimicitias, Hdt.7.146;

τὸν πόλεμον And.3.17

, Th.6.36;

στάσιν Ar.Ra. 359

: abs., make peace, Hdt. 8.140.ά, Th.1.81, X.HG6.8.6, etc.; καταλύεσθαί τινι come to terms with one, Hdt.9.11, etc.

4 [voice] Pass., ἤδη καταλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας in the decay of life, Arist.Pol. 1335a34.

II unloose, unyoke,

καταλύσομεν ἵππους Od.4.28

; τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. take it down from the wall where it was hung up, Hdt.2.121.γ:—[voice] Pass., to be taken down from hanging, Hp.Aph.2.43.

2 intr., take up one's quarters, lodge, παρ' ἐμοὶ καταλύει he is my guest, Pl.Grg. 447b, cf. Prt. 311a, D.18.82: abs., Pl.Prt. 315d: c. acc., κ. παρά τινα turn off the road to a person's house, go and lodge with him, Th.1.136;

κ. εἰς πανδοκεῖον Aeschin.2.97

;

Μεγαροῖ Pl.Tht. 142c

;

ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ SIG978.8

(Cnidos, iii B.C.):—[voice] Med., θανάτῳ καταλυσαίμαν may I take my rest in the grave, E.Med. 146 (anap.).

λύω impf. ἔλυον; fut. λύσω LXX; 1 aor. ἔλυσα. Pass.: impf. ἐλυόμην; 1 fut. λυθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐλύθην; pf. λέλυμαι, 2 sg. λέλυσαι, ptc. λελυμένος (Hom.+).

① to undo someth. that is used to tie up or constrain someth., loose, untie bonds (Da 5:12 Theod.), fetters (Lucian, Dial. Mar. 14, 3; Job 39:5 δεσμούς; Philo, Somn. 1, 181; Hippol., Ref. 5, 19, 20) or someth. similar.

ⓐ lit. τὰ δεσμά AcPl Ha 3, 14; τὸν ἱμάντα Mk 1:7; Lk 3:16; J 1:27. τὴν ζώνην MPol 13, 2 (JosAs 10:11; 13:3); σφραγῖδας break (Polyaenus 5, 2, 12) Rv 5:2, 5 v.l. (of the broken seals of a will: BGU 326 II, 21 ἡ διαθήκη ἐλύθη; POxy 715, 19.—λύω of the opening of a document: ParJer 7:21 λῦσον τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην; 7:36; Plut., Dio 31, 4 [a letter]; Vi. Aesopi W 92 P.)

ⓑ fig. ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης αὐτοῦ Mk 7:35; cp. Lk 1:63 D. λύε πάντα σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας loose every unjust fetter B 3:3 (Is 58:6).

② to set free someth. tied or similarly constrained, set free, loose, untie

ⓐ lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied: a prisoner (Jos., Bell. 2, 28, Ant. 13, 409; Ps 145:7) Ac 22:30; cp. vs. 29 v.l.; ISm 6:2 (cp. b below); AcPl Ha 3, 6. Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f. Also more gener. (IAndrosIsis, Kyme 48 ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐν δεσμοῖς λύω) release, set free prisoners Ac 24:26 v.l.; τοὺς δεσμίους AcPl Ha 11, 9. Of Satan, bound and imprisoned in an abyss Rv 20:3. λυθήσεται ὁ σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ vs. 7.—Of Lazarus, bound in grave-clothes λύσατε αὐτόν unbind him J 11:44 (Vi. Aesopi I 83 λύσατε αὐτόν=take off his fetters).—Of animals (X., An. 3, 4, 35) a colt that is tied up Mt 21:2; Mk 11:2, 4f; Lk 19:30f, 33ab (perh. these passages suggest a kind of commandeering of transport indicated by the term ἀγγαρεύω JDerrett, NovT 13, ’71, 241–58), τὸν βοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης untie the ox from the manger Lk 13:15 (λ. ἀπό as Quint. Smyrn. 4, 373; Is 5:27; Jer 47:4).—λ. τὸ ὑπόδημα untie the sandal Ac 7:33 (Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15); 13:25.—Pass. τὰς τρίχας λελυμέναι with unbound hair Hs 9, 9, 5; cp. τὰς τρίχας λελυμένας Hs 9, 13, 8.

ⓑ fig. free, set free, release ἀπό τινος (TestJos 15:6; Cyranides p. 97, 12) λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τ. δεσμοῦ τούτου be set free from this bond Lk 13:16. λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; are you free from a wife, i.e. not bound to a wife? 1 Cor 7:27 (a previous state of being ‘bound’ need not be assumed; cp. Chion, Ep. 7, 3 λελυμένως=[speak] in an unrestrained manner. See also Simplicius in Epict. p. 129, 3: ‘one who does not found a family is εὔλυτος’, i.e. free). The pf. pass. ptc. IMg 12:1 is the negation of δέδεμαι i.e. unbound. On ISm 6:2 s. comm. by WBauer. ἐκ instead of ἀπό: λ. τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν free someone from sins Rv 1:5. τινὰ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου 1 Cl 56:9 (Job 5:20). Bonds from pers. loose, remove (Χριστὸς) λύσει ἀφʼ ὑμῶν πάντα δεσμόν IPhld 8:1.

③ to reduce someth. by violence into its components, destroy (Iren. 1, 8, 1 [Harv. I 67, 9]), of a building tear down (Il. 16, 10; X., An. 2, 4, 17f; Herodian 7, 1, 7; 1 Esdr 1:52; Jos., Bell. 6, 32; SibOr 3, 409) τ. ναὸν τοῦτον J 2:19. τὸ μεσότοιχον Eph 2:14 (in imagery).—ἡ πρύμνα ἐλύετο the stern began to break up Ac 27:41 (PLond III 1164h, 19 p. 164 [III A.D.] uses λ. of the dismantling of a ship). Of the parts of the universe, as it is broken up and destroyed in the final conflagration 2 Pt 3:10–12 (cp. Just., D. 5, 4; Tat. 25, 2).—Of a meeting (Il. 1, 305; Od. 2, 257; Apollon. Rhod. 1, 708; X., Cyr. 6, 1, 2; Diod S 19, 25, 7; EpArist 202; Jos., Ant. 14, 388 λυθείσης τ. βουλῆς) λυθείσης τ. συναγωγῆς when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up Ac 13:43.—λυθεῖσα Ox 1081, 3 as edited (so also Otero I 82, no. 3) is incorrectly read instead of ἐ]ληλύθεισαν, s. s.v. ἔρχομαι 1aζ.

④ to do away with, destroy, bring to an end, abolish (Socrat., Ep. 28, 2 and 4 ‘dispel’ slanders; Tat. 13, 1 ψυχὴ … λύεται μετὰ τοῦ σώματος; Mel., P. 43, 301 ὁ τύπος ἐλύθη=the type was abolished [when the antitype made its appearance]) λ. τὰ ἔργα τ. διαβόλου destroy the works of the devil 1J 3:8. Pass. ἐλύετο πᾶσα μαγεία all magic began to be dissolved IEph 19:3. λύεται ὁ ὄλεθρος ἐν τ. ὁμονοίᾳ his destructiveness comes to an end through the unity 13:1.—λ. τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου must mean in its context: (God) brought the pangs to an end (IG IV², 128, 49 [280 B.C.] ἔλυσεν ὠδῖνα; Lycophron vs. 1198 ὠδῖνας ἐξέλυσε γονῆς; Himerius, Or. 64 [=Or. 18], 1 λυθῆναι τὰς ὠδῖνας of the cessation of labor pains; Job 39:2; Aelian, HA 12, 5 τοὺς τῶν ὠδίνων λῦσαι δεσμούς; Eutecnius 3 p. 30, 26), so that the ‘birth’ which is to bring Christ to light may attain its goal (Haenchen ad loc.) Ac 2:24 (but s. θάνατος 1bβ; originally it is probable that ‘the bonds of death’ went with ‘loose’); Pol 1:2—Of commandments, laws, statements repeal, annul, abolish (Hdt. 1, 29, 1 νόμον. Text fr. Nysa in Diod S 1, 27, 4 ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐνομοθέτησα, οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ δύναται λῦσαι; Ael. Aristid. 30 p. 573 D.: νόμους; Achilles Tat. 3, 3, 5; SIG 355, 21; 1219, 12; Jos., Ant. 11, 140) ἐντολήν Mt 5:19. τὸ σάββατον abolish the Sabbath J 5:18 (in John, Jesus is accused not of breaking the Sabbath, but of doing away w. it as an ordinance). Pass. (Dio Chrys. 58 [75], 10 τ. νόμου λυθέντος) 7:23; 10:35 (RJungkuntz, CTM 35, ’64, 556–65 [J 10:34–6]).—λύειν τὸν Ἰησοῦν annul (the true teaching about) Jesus (by spurning it); (cp. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 26, II 2 p. 196, 18 λ. τινὰ τῶν Ζήνωνος λόγων=certain teachings of Zeno; opp. ὁμολογεῖν: s. Iren. 1, 9, 3 [Harv. I 85, 10]) 1J 4:3 v.l. (for the rdg. λύει s. Iren. 3, 16, 8 [Harv. II 90, 3]; Cl. Al., Fgm. 35 p. 218, 10ff Stählin; Orig. XI [GCS] 152, 28; Socrates, HE 7, 32; EHarnack, SBBerlAk 1915, 556–61=Studien I ’31, 132–37; A Rahlfs, TLZ 40, 1915, 525; OPiper, JBL 66, ’47, 440–44 [exorcistic, break a spell]).

⑤ On the combination and contrast of δέειν and λύειν Mt 16:19; 18:18 s. δέω 4; also GLambert, Vivre et Penser, IIIe s., ’43/44, 91–103.—B. 1239f. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.