Λῦτο

was ended, was dissolved, was adjourned

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jul 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

11 words

[Meaning] was dissolved, was stopped. Homer [writes]: "the competition was ended."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λῦτο· ἐλύθη, ἐπαύθη. Ὅμηρος· λῦτο δ' ἀγών.

Betacode

*lu=to: e)lu/qh, e)pau/qh. *(/omhros: lu=to d' a)gw/n.

Notes

Homer, Iliad 24.1 (web address 1).
The form is an epic unaugmented athematic aorist middle/passive from lu/w.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

λ842ΛύωI release[Used] with a genitive. "But now the rivers having been released from their winter channels [...]." But [sc. also] with the accusative: "loose every bond of injustice."

Neighbouring entries

λ871Λῦσον νόμους ἱερῶν ὕμνωνloosen strains of sacred hymns λ872Λῦσόν σου τὸ ὑπόδημαloosen your sandal λ873Λῦτοwas ended, was dissolved, was adjourned λ874Λυττῶντεςraging λ875Λύτραprice, ransom

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26 Jun 2020cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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8 Jul 2003Translated — Catharine Roth