ἔκλυσις

eklysis

release, deliverance from

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

725b6
725b18
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκλυσις, εως, ἡ, A. release, deliverance from a thing, ἀφροσύνης Thgn. 590 (=Sol. 13.70); ἄθλων A. Pr. 264; τοῦδε τοῦ νοσήματος S. OT 306; δεσμοῦ Theoc. 24.33; Ἀΐδεω AP 6.219.24 (Antip.(?)). 2. weakening of an opponentʼs case, Hdn. Fig.p.91 S., cf. Alex. Fig. 1.2. II. feebleness, faintness, Hp. Aph. 7.8, etc.; τῆς πόλεως ἔ. καὶ μαλακία D. 17.29; ψυχικῶν δυνάμεων Ph. 1.154; φυσική Agatharch. 55; ἐκλύσιες κοιλίης relaxations, Hp. Coac. 625. 2. laxity, of style, [Longin.] Rh. 12. III. lowering of the voice through three quarter-tones (διέσεις), Bacch. Intr. 41, Aristid.Quint. 1.10, Plu. 2.1141b.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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