ἐκλύω

ἐκλύω [ῡ, A. v. λύω], set free, πόνων from labours, A. Pr. 328; release, ὕδατα PTeb. 49.6 (ii B. C.):—Pass., to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου Thgn. 1339; ἐκ δεσμῶν Pl. Phd. 67d:—Med., get one set free, release, ἀλλʼ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι Od. 10.286; τοῦ φόβου σʼ ἐξελυσάμην S. OT 1003; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε E. Andr. 818; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν A. Pr. 237: c. acc. pers. only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους X. HG 7.1.25: abs., ἐξελυσάμην I delivered him from danger, S. Aj. 531. II. unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, Hdt. 2.173; ἐ. ἁρμούς E. Hipp. 825; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, S. Aj. 1225. 2. make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, Id. OT 35; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν Id. Tr. 654; μόχθον E. Ph. 695; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν D. 9.14; ἐξελύσατε (v.l. -λύσασθε) τὰς παρασκευάς Id. 18.26. 3. relax, Arist. HA 610a27; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές Luc. Dom. 17:— Pass., to be faint, fail, Hp. Aph. 2.41, Isoc. 15.59, D. 19.224, Phld. Ir. p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 4.150; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, Arist. Fr. 144, Plb. 29.17.4 (so intr. in Act., J. BJ 1.33.5), etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα Arist. Pol. 1320b37; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, Plb. 4.43.9, 4.41.5. 4. Medic., ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, Dsc. 4.169. 5. pay in full, δάνειον Plu. Caes. 12 (Pass.). b. purchase, Herod. 6.91. 6. resolve a doubt, in Pass., A.D. Synt. 176.24; also τὰ ὑπʼ ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου ib.311.11. 7. dissolve, τι ὄξει Gal. 11.106. III. intr., to break up, depart, LXX 2 Ma. 13.16.