ἀναλύω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀναλύω (analúō)

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

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