ἀπόλυσις

apolysis

loosing

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 717b33–718a16

718a14
Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

756b3
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33

1225a18
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 23 478b22–479a28

479a22
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18

1257a40

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπόλυσις, εως, ἡ, A. loosing, e.g. of a bandage or cord, Hp. Fract. 10, Hero Aut. 2.9. 2. release, deliverance, Pl. Cra. 405b, Plb. 33.1.5: c. gen., κατὰ τὴν ἀ. τοῦ θανάτου as far as acquittal from a capital charge went, Hdt. 6.136; ἀ. κακῶν θάνατος Plu. Arat. 54; ἀ. πένθους end of mourning, OGI 56.53 (Canopus). 3. getting rid of a disease, Hp. Coac. 378, etc. 4. spell for releasing a divine being, PMag.Par. 1.1056, al. II. (from Pass.) separation, parting, Arist. GA 718a14; τῆς ψυχῆς Id. R. 479a22: abs., decease, death, Thphr. HP 9.16.8, Lycon ap. D.L. 5.71; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to take oneʼs departure, of an army, Plb. 3.69.10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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