ἀπολύω

ἀπολύω [v. λύω], [tense] fut. -λύσω, etc.: [tense] fut. [voice] Pass.

A

ἀπολελύσομαι X.Cyr. 6.2.37

:—loose from,

ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης Od.21.46

; ὄφρ' ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος the sides of the ship from the keel, ib.12.420; undo, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν ib.3.392;

ἐπιδέσματα Hp. Fract.25

.

2 set free, release, relieve from,

ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς Hdt. 2.30

;

τῆς ἐπιμελείας X.Cyr.8.3.47

;

τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Pl.R.365a

;

τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίας Id.Phd.65a

, cf. 67a; ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως save them from the trouble of measuring, Arist.Pol.1257a40:— [voice] Pass., to be set free, τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου, Th.1.70, 7.56, etc.

b freq. in legal sense, ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης acquit of the charge, Hdt.9.88, X.An.6.6.15; opp. καταψηφίζω, Democr.262;

τῆς εὐθύνης Ar.V.571

: c. inf., ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι acquit of being a thief, Hdt.2.174; so

ἀπολύεται μὴ ἀδικεῖν Th.1.95

, cf. 128: abs., acquit, Ar.V.988,1000, Lys.20.20, etc.

II in Il. always, = ἀπολυτρόω, release on receipt of ransom,

οὐδ' ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ' ἄποινα 1.95

;

Ἕκτορ' ἔχει . . οὐδ' ἀπέλυσεν 24.115

, al.:—[voice] Med., set free by payment of ransom, ransom, redeem,

χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τ' ἀπολυσόμεθ'

at a price of . .,

Il.22.50

(but [voice] Act. in Prose,

ἀπολύειν πολλῶν χρημάτων X.HG4.8.21

).

2 let go, let alone, leave one, of an illness, Hp.Coac.564.

III discharge, disband an army,

ἀ. οἴκαδε X.HG6.5.21

; generally, dismiss, discharge,

ἐμὲ . . ἀπέλυσ' ἄδειπνον Ar.Ach. 1155

, cf. Bion 1.96.

2 divorce a wife, Ev.Matt.1.19, etc.;

τὸν ἄνδρα D.S.12.18

.

3 do away with, remove,

αἰσχύνην D.20.47

:—[voice] Pass., Antipho 2.1.5.

4 discharge or pay a debt, Pl.Cra.417b; pay,

ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν PTeb.490

(i B. C.); pay off a mortgage, POxy.509.15.

5 dismiss a charge,

εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη Hyp.Eux.38

.

IV

ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν

sell,

Antipho 5.20

; ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί sell a mortgaged house outright, Is.6.33.

V deliver,

τί τινι PFlor. 123.2

(iii A. D.): —[voice] Pass., ib.228.6 (iii A. D.).

VI begin to count, [μοίρας] ἀπό . . Vett. Val. 135: abs., Id.19.19, Paul.Al.Q.2.

VII intr., depart (cf. B.IV, C. 2), Plb.3.69.14, al.

B [voice] Med. with [tense] aor. 2 ἀπελύμην (in pass. sense), Opp.C.3.128:— redeem, v. supr. A.11.

II ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς do away with, refute calumnies against one, Th.8.87, Pl.Ap.37b, al.: abs., Arist.Rh.1416b9.

2 τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα, Th.5.75, D. 15.2, 18.4: c. gen.,

τῶν εἰς Ἀριστόβουλον -σασθαι J.AJ15.3.5

.

b refute,

τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους Dam.Pr.126

ter: abs.,

ὁ δὲ ἀπολυόμενος ἔφη

in defence,

Hdt.8.59

.

III like [voice] Act., acquit,

τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλ' ὀρθῶς Pl.Lg.637c

.

2 release from,

τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας Id.Mx.245a

.

IV like [voice] Pass. (c. 11), depart, S.Ant.1314; also, put off,

πνεῦμα ἀ. AP9.276

(Crin.); but

πνεῦμα μελῶν ἀπέλυε IG14.607e

([place name] Carales).

C [voice] Pass., to be released, ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι from military service, Hdt.4.84, cf. X.Cyr.6.2.37; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι to be freed from their rule, Th.2.8;

τῶν δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἴεσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι Id.1.70

;

τῆς ὑποψίας Antipho 2.4.3

; τῆς μιαρίας ib. 3.11: abs., to be acquitted, Th.6.29; to be absolved from,

τῶν ἀδικημάτων Pl.Phd.113d

.

II of combatants, to be separated, part,

οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο Th.1.49

; generally, to be separated or detached, ἀλλήλων or ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, Arist.Metaph.1031b3, Ph.185a28;

ἀ. τὰ ᾠὰ τῆς ὑστέρας Id.GA754b18

, al.; ἀπολελυμένος, abs., detached, αἰδοῖον, γλῶττα, ὄρχεις, Id.HA500b2, 533a27, 535b2; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ. having its tongue detached, Id.Fr.319, al.; also, distinct, differentiated, Id.HA497b22.

2 depart, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, S.Ant.1268 (lyr.), cf. Plb.6.58.4, al., LXX Nu.20.29, al.; cf. supr. B. IV.

III of a child, to be brought forth, Hp.Superf.11, cf. 24, Arist.GA745b11; of the mother, to be delivered, Hp.Epid.2.2.17.

IV to be annulled, Arist. EN1156a22.

V ἀπολελυμένος, η, ον, absolute, esp. in Gramm., D.T. 636.15, A.D.Synt.97.20, al.: also, general, of meaning, Olymp.Alch. p.72B.

VI of metres, irregular, without strophic responsion, Heph.Poëm.5.