See λύω in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"to dismantle, disassemble → see participle λυόμενος"
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"word": "λελυμένος"
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"word": "λυσάρι"
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"roman": "lýsate",
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"english": "solution",
"roman": "lýsi",
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"translation": "solution",
"word": "λύση"
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"word": "λύσιμο"
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"roman": "lysitelís",
"word": "λυσιτελής"
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{
"roman": "lysiteló",
"word": "λυσιτελώ"
},
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"word": "λυόμενο"
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"word": "λυόμενος"
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"english": "one who solves",
"roman": "lýtis",
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"word": "λύτης"
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"feminine"
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"roman": "analýo",
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"word": "αναλύω"
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{
"english": "discharge, sack",
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"word": "διαλύω"
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"sense": "Compounds of λύω",
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},
{
"roman": "exapolýo",
"sense": "Compounds of λύω",
"word": "εξαπολύω"
},
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},
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