λύσις
Alt. λύ^σις, γεν. εως ιονιξ ιος, ἡ,
Etym. λύω
I. "a loosing, setting free, releasing, ransoming", of a slain man, Il.; λ. θανάτου "deliverance from" death, Od.; πενίης Theogn., etc.
2. absol. "a means of letting loose", Soph.:— "deliverance from guilt" by expiatory rites, id=Soph.; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of "atonement", id=Soph.
II. "a loosing, parting", λ. ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Plat.:— "dissolution", πολιτείας Arist.
III. = δόρπου λ. "a place" for banqueting, Pind.