# διαλύω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

δια- (dia-, “apart, asunder”) +‎ λύω (lúō, “loosen”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.a.ly̌ː.ɔː/ → /ði.aˈly.o/ → /ði.aˈli.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /di.a.ly̌ː.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /di.aˈly.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ði.aˈly.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ði.aˈly.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ði.aˈli.o/

### Verb

δῐᾰλῡ́ω • (dĭălū́ō)
* to loose one from another, to part asunder, undo, dissolve

#### Derived terms

Derivatives from δῐᾰλῡ́ω (and see their compounds):
Verbal adjectives
* δῐᾰλῠτός (dĭălŭtós, “destructible”)
* δῐᾰ́λῠτος (dĭắlŭtos, “relaxed”)
* δῐᾰλῠτέος (dĭălŭtéos, “one must dissolve”)
From stem δῐᾰλῠσ-
* δῐᾰ́λῠσῐς (dĭắlŭsĭs)
* δῐᾰ́λῠσος (dĭắlŭsos, “releaser”)
From stem δῐᾰλῠτ-
* ἀδῐᾰ́λῠτος (adĭắlŭtos, “undissolved: indissoluble”)
* δῐᾰλῡ́της (dĭălū́tēs, “dissolving, undoing”)
* δῐᾰλῠτής (dĭălŭtḗs, “dissolver, breaker-up”)
* δῐᾰλῠτῐκός (dĭălŭtĭkós)
Compounds with δῐᾰλῡ́ω (and see their Derived terms):
* ᾰ̓ποδῐᾰλῡ́ω (ăpodĭălū́ō, “dissipate”)
* ἐνδῐᾰλῡ́ω (endĭălū́ō, “loosen, disperse”)
* ἐπῐδῐᾰλῡ́ω (epĭdĭălū́ō, “come as a relief to”)
* προδῐᾰλῡ́ω (prodĭălū́ō, “dissolve”)
* προσδῐᾰλῡ́ω (prosdĭălū́ō, “relax further”)
* σῠνδῐᾰλῡ́ω (sŭndĭălū́ō, “help in putting an end to”)

### Further reading

* “διαλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “διαλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Greek
### Alternative forms

* διαλάω (dialáo) (rare, vernacular)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διαλύω (dialúō) and Semantic loan from French dissoudre. Morphologically δια- (dia-) +‎ λύω (lýo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ði̯aˈli.o/, /ðʝaˈli.o/
* Hyphenation: δια‧λύ‧ω
* Old Hyphenation: δι‧α‧λύ‧ω

### Verb

διαλύω • (dialýo) (past διέλυσα/διάλυσα, passive διαλύομαι, p‑past διαλύθηκα, ppp διαλυμένος / διαλελυμένος)
* literally: "I dismantle/dissolve/disband"
* to dismantle
* to dissolve (a solid in a solvent)
    Διέλυσα 5 γρ. ζάχαρη σε λίγο νερό.Diélysa 5 gr. záchari se lígo neró.I dissolved 5 grams of sugar in a little water.
* to disband, dissolve, break up, disperse
    Η εταιρεία διαλύθηκε. ― I etaireía dialýthike. ― The company disbanded.
* to wreck, break up
    Μου ζήτησε να χωρίσουμε και διαλύθηκα.Mou zítise na chorísoume kai dialýthika.He/She asked me for a divorce/separation and I became a wreck.

#### Related terms

* αδιάλυτος (adiálytos, “not dissolved; insoluble, undissolvable”)
* αδιαλυτότητα f (adialytótita, “insolubility”)
* αναδιαλύω (anadialýo, “to dissolve again”)
* αξεδιάλυτος (axediálytos, “inextricable”)
* αυτοδιαλύομαι (aftodialýomai, “to be dissolved by oneself”)
* διάλυμα n (diályma, “solution”)
* διαλυμένος (dialyménos, participle), διαλελυμένος (dialelyménos) (formal)
* διάλυση f (diálysi, “dissolving”)
* διαλυτήριο n (dialytírio)
* διαλύτης m (dialýtis, “solvent”)
* διαλυτικά n pl (dialytiká, “dialytics, umlaut”)
* διαλυτικός (dialytikós)
* διαλυτός (dialytós, “soluble”)
* διαλυτότητα f (dialytótita)
* δυσδιάλυτος (dysdiálytos, “hard to dissolve”)
* ευδιάλυτος (evdiálytos, “resolvable”)
* ξεδιαλύνω (xedialýno, “to disentagle, explain, make clear”)
* υδατοδιαλυτός (ydatodialytós, “water-soluble”)
and see: διά (diá) and λύω (lýo)

### References

* ↑ διαλύω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language