ἀναλύω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ἀνα- (ana-, thoroughly) +‎ λύω (lúō, loosen)

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    ᾰ̓νᾰλῡ́ω • (ănălū́ō)

    1. to cause to wander, unsettle
    2. to unloose, undo, set free
      (medicine) relax
    3. to undo (in various senses)
      to unloose
      (medicine) to unwind a cocoon
      (astrology) to nullify of planetary influence
      to dissolve matter into its elements
      to resolve into its elements, investigate analytically
      (philosophy) in the Logic of Aristoteles; to reduce a syllogism
    4. to reduce
    5. (grammar) to resolve
    6. to do away with, cancel, cancel faults
    7. to suspend
    8. to solve the problem of a thing
    9. to release from a spell
    10. to relieve
    11. (nautical) to loose from moorings, weigh anchor, depart, go away,
    12. (figurative) to die

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