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διάλυσις

dialysis

separating, parting

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διάλυσις, εως, ἡ, (διαλύω) A. separating, parting, δ. τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τοῦ σώματος Pl. Grg. 524b; δ. τοῦ σώματος its dissolution, Id. Phd. 88b, cf. Democr. 297; τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ δ. the failure to break the bridges, Th. 1.137; disbanding of troops, X. Cyr. 6.1.3; breaking up of an assembly, opp. συλλογή, Pl. Lg. 758d; δ. ἀγορῆς the time of its breaking up, Hdt. 3.104; τὴν δ. ἐποιήσαντο broke off the action, Th. 1.51; χρεῶν δ. liquidation of debts, Pl. Lg. 684d, cf. POxy. 104.20 (i A. D.), etc.; δ. γάμου divorce, Plu. Sull. 35, etc.; ἡ φθορὰ δ. οὐσίας Arist. Top. 153b31: hence abs., dissolution, opp. σύνθεσις, Id. Cael. 304b29, cf. Thphr. Ign. 37; διάκρισις καὶ δ. Pl. Phlb. 32a; opp. γένεσις, Phld. D. 3.6; resolution into elements, e.g. of words into letters, D.H. Comp. 14; dissolution of friendship, Arist. EN 1164a9, 1 165b36; of partnerships, κοινωνίαι καὶ -σεις Pl. Lg. 632b; συμμαχία καὶ δ. Arist. Pol. 1298a5. 2. ending, cessation, κακῶν E. Ph. 435; πολέμου Th. 4.19, v.l. in Isoc. 6.51: abs., cessation of hostilities, Com.Adesp. 21.23 D.; settlement, compromise, IG 12(2).6.20 (Mytilene, iv B.C.), PAmh. 2.63.9 (iii A.D.), etc.: in pl., settlement of a dispute, ἠξίου δὲ καὶ πρὸς ἔμʼ αὑτῷ . . γίγνεσθαι τὰς διαλύσεις D. 21.119, cf. Phoenicid. 1. 3. solution of a problem, A.D. Synt. 243.11; χρησμῶν Luc. Alex. 49. 4. refutation of an argument, S.E. P. 2.238. 5. resolution of a diphthong: ἐν διαλύσει, = διαλελυμένως, A.D. Pron. 29.13. 6. Rhet., asyndeton, Alex. Fig. 2.12, etc. 7. discharge, χορηγιῶν PRyl. 181.10 (iii A.D.); τῶν χρεωστουμένων POxy. 71.13 (iv A.D.). 8. deed of separation or divorce, PLips. 39.10 (iv A.D.); ἔγγραφος δ. PMasp. 153.16 (vi A.D.). 9. division of inheritance, Sammelb. 6000.22 (vi A.D.), etc.
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