λύω

See also: λυῶ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁ (to cut off, separate, free), but *lh₁u- after Beekes. Cognates include Latin luō (expiate, pay), Sanskrit लून (lūna, sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate), English loose and possibly Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë.

According to Beekes the stem vowel was originally short (λῠ-), to be lengthened only later in Attic (and sometimes in Homer; λῡ-) due to the influence of a laryngeal. The upsilon remains short () before temporal endings beginning with <κ, θ, μ> and at all paragoga (derivatives). But compounds' prosody, as for λῡ́ω.

Derivatives, from stems λῠσ-, λῠσῐ- (compounds with λῡσῐ-), λῠτ-.

Unrelated to κωλῡ́ω (kōlū́ō, prevent), ὄλλῡμῐ (óllūmi, destroy, lose) or λύσσᾰ (lússa, rage).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λῡ́ω • (lū́ō)

  1. to loose, loosen, untie
  2. to slacken
  3. to unbend
  4. to set free, release
  5. to redeem
  6. to dissolve, sever
  7. to break (up), destroy
  8. to abrogate, annul
  9. to atone, amend
  10. to profit, to be useful
  11. to discharge, fulfill, pay off

Inflection

Derived terms

expressions:

  • τέλη λύειν (télē lúein, pay one's dues)

Derivatives from λῡ́ω (and see their compounds):

Compounds with λῡ́ω (and see their Derived terms):

Descendants

  • English: lyo-, ly-
  • Greek: λύνω (lýno)
  • Greek: λύω (lýo)

See also

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō). Also see λύνω (lýno).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.o/
  • Hyphenation: λύ‧ω

Verb

λύω • (lýo) (past έλυσα, passive λύομαι) (formal)

  1. to terminate, adjourn, end (especially in passive form)
    λύεται η συνεδρίασηlýetai i synedríasi(especially of court) the session is adjourned
    λύεται η σύμβασηlýetai i sýmvasithe contract is terminated
  2. to dismantle, disassemble see participle λυόμενος

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • δεσμείν και λύειν (desmeín kai lýein) (polytonic script: δεσμεῖν καί λύειν)

Compounds of the ancient λύω (and see their Derivatives):

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