λύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύω (luō, “loosen”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [lʉ́sis]
• (Koine): IPA: [lˈysis]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [lˈysis]

Noun

λύσις (genitive λύσεως) f, third declension; (lusis)

1. loosing, releasing, ransoming
2. deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites
3. redemption of mortgage or pledge
4. parting
5. emptying, evacuation
6. remission of fever

Inflection

Third declension of λύσῐς, λύσεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λύσῐς	λύσει	λύσεις
Genitive	λύσεως	λυσέοιν	λύσεων
Dative	λύσει	λυσέοιν	λύσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	λύσῐν	λύσει	λύσεις
Vocative	λύσῐ	λύσει	λύσεις

Third declension of λύσῐς, λύσιος (Ionic, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λύσῐς	λύσιε	λύσιες
Genitive	λύσιος	λυσίοιν	λυσίων
Dative	λύσῑ, λύσει	λυσίοιν	λύσῐσῐ(ν), λυσίεσῐ(ν), λύσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	λύσῐν	λύσιε	λύσῑς, λύσιᾰς
Vocative	λύσῐ	λύσιε	λύσιες

Descendants

• English: -lysis
• Latin: lysis

References

• λύσις in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940