ἐπί-λῠσις, εως, ἡ,
1. release from, ἐ. φόβων δίδου A. Th. 134 (lyr.): abs., exemption from banishment, SIG 306.51 (Arc., iv B.C.).
2.. solution, σοφισμάτων S.E. P. 2.246; explanation, [2Pe 1:20], Vett. Val. 172.3 (pl.), Hld. 1.18, 4.9, Iamb. Protr. 21 (pl.).
3.. discharge, of a debt, δοῦναί τισιν ἐ. PEleph. 27.23 (iii B.C.), cf. PGrenf. 2.26.27 (ii B.C.).
4.. spell, PMag.Leid.W. 25.11, al.
5.. Medic., change of dressing, Sor. 1.28 (pl.), Gal. 18(2).838(pl.), Paul.Aeg. 4.48.
G1955 — ἐπίλυσις
ἐπιλύσεως, ἡ (ἐπιλύω, which see), a loosening, unloosing (German Auflösung); metaphorically, interpretation: [2Pe 1:20], on which passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α. ([Gen 40:8] Aq.; Heliodorus 1, 18; but not Philo, vita contempl. § 10, where ἐπιδειξεως was long ago restored.)
** ἐπί - λυσις - εως , ἡ
( < ἐπιλύω ),
[in Aq .: [Gen 40:8]; Sm .: [Hos 3:4] * ;]
1. release.
2. solution, interpretation: [2Pe 1:20]. †