What does lysis mean in Latin?

lysis, a noun, means “loosening; rupture (breaking away)”.

What is the genitive of lysis?

The genitive singular is lysis. lysis is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈly.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈliː.s̬is].

noun · femininethird declension

lysis f (genitive lysis or lyseōs or lysios)

Classical[ˈly.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.s̬is]

lўsis, is, f., = λύσις.

I. A loosening, rupture: trabes frangunt suā lysi structuras, Vitr. 6, 11.—

II. A talon, ogee, Vitr. 3, 4, 5; 5, 6, 6.

Lȳsis, is, m.,

I. a small river in Asia Minor, Liv. 38, 15, 3.

Lўsis, ĭdis, m., = Λύσις,

I. a Pythagorean of Tarentum, instructor of Epaminondas, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 139; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Nep. Epam. 2.

From the Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

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