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λύσιος

lysios

releasing, delivering

Appears 36 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λύσιος [ῡ], α, ον, (λύσις) A. releasing, delivering, λύσιοι θεοί the gods who deliver from curse or sin, Pl. R. 366a; esp. Λύσιος, as epith. of Dionysus, Plu. 2.613c, Corn. ND 30, Orph. H. 50.2, cf. Paus. 9.16.6; λύσιοι τελεταί, of Dionysus Λύσιος, Phot. s. h. v.; also Λύσειος, Orph. H. 42.4; voc. Λυσεῦ, ib.52.2 (Κισσεῦ Lobeck).
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