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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύω (lúō, “loosen”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lý.sis/ → /ˈly.sis/ → /ˈli.sis/
Noun
λῠ́σῐς • (lúsis) 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
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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, 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.