A.loose one from another, part asunder, διαπλέκων καὶ διαλύων twining and untwining, Hdt.4.67; “νὺξ δ. τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους” Id.8.11; δ. τὸν σύλλογον, τὴν συνουσίαν, τὴν πανήγυριν, etc., break it up, dismiss it, Id.7.10.δ́, Pl.Ly.223b, X.Cyr.6.1.10, etc.; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ. break up the party and go to bed, ib.2.3.1; δ. τὴν στρατιάν ib.6.1.6; τὸ ναυτικόν disband it, Th.2.93:— Med., “συνουσίας” Pl.Grg.457d:—Pass., of an army, assembly, etc., disperse, Hdt.1.128, etc.; “ἐκ τοῦ συλλόγου” Id.3.73, cf. 8.56: in fut. Med., part from one's escort, Th.2.12; of a man, die, X.Cyr.8.7.20.
2. dissolve into its elements, break up, destroy, “δ. καὶ ἀπολλύναι” Pl.R.609a s1.; “ἐξ ἑνὸς εἰς πολλὰ δ.” Id.Ti.68d; disperse, break up a herd of sheep, BGU1012.12 (ii B.C.); break up a ship, “παλαιὰν τριήρη δ.” IG2.804, cf. PSI4.382 (iii B.C.); τρίπους, ὅρμος διαλελυμένος, SIG2588.169,198 (Delos, ii B.C.); “τὰς οἰκήσεις” Plb.4.65.4; dissolve, “κοινόν” Test.Epict.8.6; “σῴζεσθαι καὶ διαλυθεῖσαν οἴχεσθαι πολιτείαν” Pl.Lg.945c; of the sun, thaw frozen things, X.Cyn.5.2:—Pass., “ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται καὶ εἰς ἃ διαλύεται” Arist.GC325b19, cf. Ph.204b33, etc.
3. break off, put an end to friendship, “ὁμολογίας” Isoc.4.175; “φιλίαν” Arist.EN1157b10:—Pass., of married persons, separate, be divorced, SIG364.59 (Ephesus):—Med., “διαλύσασθαι ξεινίην” Hdt.4.154: abs., dissolve friendship, Arist.EN1162b25:—Pass., “αἱ σπονδαὶ διελέλυντο” Th.5.1.
4. put an end to enmity, ἔχθραν, πόλεμον, Id.8.46:—Med., “δ. ἔχθρας” Is.7.11; “διαφοράς” Isoc.12.160; “πολέμους” Id.4.172, cf. D.4.15: in plpf. Pass. (with Med. signf.), “διελέλυσθε τὸν πόλεμον” Isoc.14.27 (v.l. διελύεσθε):—Pass., “τὰς ἔχθρας διαλύεσθαι” Th.4.19: hence,
b. c. acc. pers., reconcile, “πρὸς ἔμ᾽ αὑτὸν διαλύειν ἠξίου” D.21.122, cf. 41.14; “δ. τινὰς ἐκ διαφορᾶς” Plb.1.87.4; “οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ διαλύσων οὔτε λόγος οὔτε ὅρκος” Th.3.83; esp. in legal proceedings, PHamb.25.5 (iii B.C.), etc.:—Pass. and Med., c. gen. rei, διαλύεσθαι νείκους to be parted from quarrel, i.e. be reconciled, E.Or.1679 (v.l. νείκας); so διαλυθείσης τῆς διαφορᾶς prob. in D.S.14.110: also abs., to be reconciled, make up a quarrel, X.HG7.4.25, cf. Test. ap. Aeschin. 1.66, Thphr.Char.12.14; “πρός τινας” D.38.24; “περί τινος” Lys.4.1: in fut. Med., “ὅπως . . μὴ διαλύσει” D.21.216.
5. generally, put an end to, do away with, “χρήμασι τὴν διαβολήν” Th.1.131; πάσας αὐτοῦ διαλύσω τὰς ἀπολογίας d.27.58; “τὸν ἐχόμενον φόβον δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων” Pl. Mx.241b:—so in Med., “ἐγκλήματα δ.” Th.1.140; δ. περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων ib.145; “διαβολάς” Isoc.11.37, 15.16; “τι τῶν κατηγορημένων” Id.12.218; δ. ἃ ἐψηφίσασθε cancel your vote, Lys.18.15; διαλύσασθαι τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους settle mutual claims, Isoc.4.40.
6. solve a difficulty, Pl.Sph.252d; “τὴν ἀπορίαν” Arist.Metaph.1062b31:—Med., “διαλύσεσθαι σόφισμα” S.E.P.2.238.
7. δ.τὰς τιμάς pay the full value, D.29.7; pay, discharge, “τὴν δαπάνην” Hdt.5.30; “χρήματα” D.20.12; “τὰ συμβόλαια” Arist.Pol.1276a11; “χρέος τιϝί” Plb.31.27.4; “πάντα διελέλυτο” D.28.2: also c. acc. pers., δ. τὸν ναύκληρον satisfy him, i.e. pay him off, D. 49.29, cf. 34.40, 36.50:—Med., order debts to be paid, “διαλέλυμαι ταῦτα” Arr.An.7.10.3; but also, to have them paid to oneself, D.Chr. 46.6.
II. relax, weaken, “τὸ σῶμα” Hp.Aph.3.17; esp. of the result of hunger, “διαλύεσθαι τῷ λιμῷ” UPZ11.27 (ii B.C.), cf. 42.9 (also in Act. intr., ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ δ. ib.122.23 (ii B.C.)); make supple and pliant, Ar.Pax85:—Pass., “δ. καὶ ἀδυνατεῖν” Arist.HA585a33; ἀνάπλους διαλελυμένος a sailing out in loose order, Plb.16.2.6; διαλελυμένη λέξις a lax style, D.H.Lys.9.
2. abs., slacken one's hold, undo, Theoc.24.32.