διάλυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰλῡ́ω (dialū́ō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.ly.sis/ → /ðiˈa.ly.sis/ → /ðiˈa.li.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.ly.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.li.sis/

Noun

δῐᾰ́λῠσῐς • (diálusis) f (genitive δῐᾰλῠ́σεως); third declension

1. a separating or parting
2. an ending, cessation
3. a solution to a problem
4. refutation of an argument
5. discharge
6. deed of separation or divorce
7. division of inheritance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́λῠσῐς; τῆς δῐᾰλῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́λῠσῐς hē diálusis	τὼ δῐᾰλῠ́σει tṑ dialúsei	αἱ δῐᾰλῠ́σεις hai dialúseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰλῠ́σεως tês dialúseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰλῠσέοιν toîn dialuséoin	τῶν δῐᾰλῠ́σεων tôn dialúseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰλῠ́σει têi dialúsei	τοῖν δῐᾰλῠσέοιν toîn dialuséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰλῠ́σεσῐ / δῐᾰλῠ́σεσῐν taîs dialúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́λῠσῐν tḕn diálusin	τὼ δῐᾰλῠ́σει tṑ dialúsei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰλῠ́σεις tā̀s dialúseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́λῠσῐ diálusi	δῐᾰλῠ́σει dialúsei	δῐᾰλῠ́σεις dialúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διαλυσίφιλος (dialusíphilos)

 

References

• “διάλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάλυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάλυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adjustment idem, page 12.
  • breach idem, page 94.
  • break idem, page 95.
  • breaking up idem, page 96.
  • cessation idem, page 122.
  • close idem, page 138.
  • demolition idem, page 209.
  • disbanding idem, page 228.
  • discharge idem, page 229.
  • discontinuance idem, page 230.
  • disintegration idem, page 234.
  • dissection idem, page 239.
  • dissolution idem, page 240.
  • diverce idem, page 243.
  • ending idem, page 272.
  • intermission idem, page 451.
  • interruption idem, page 452.
  • interval idem, page 453.
  • lull idem, page 504.
  • prorogation idem, page 653.
  • reconciliation idem, page 680.
  • relief idem, page 691.
  • removal idem, page 694.
  • repeal idem, page 695.
  • resolution idem, page 702.
  • respite idem, page 704.
  • rest idem, page 704.
  • rupture idem, page 727.
  • separation idem, page 754.
  • settlement idem, page 758.
  • severance idem, page 759.
  • solution idem, page 793.
  • stop idem, page 820.
  • suspension idem, page 845.