λυσιμελής

λῡσῐ-μελής, ές,

• limb-relaxing, epith. of sleep, Od. 20.57, 23.343, Mosch. 2.4, etc.; of love, Hes. Th. 911, Archil. 85, Sapph. 40, etc.; of thirst, Thgn. 838; of death, E. Supp. 47 (lyr.); of wine, sickness, etc., AP 11.414 (Hedyl.); of the Furies. Orph. H. 70.9.

λῡσῐμελής -ές [λύω, μέλος] that dissolves or relaxes or weakens the limbs Od. 20.57, 23.343 etc. (of sleep) Hes. Th. 121 Sapph. 130.1 (of love) Archil. 196 (desire) Eur. Suppl. 47 (death) Hedyl. (AP 11.414.1) (wine) etc.

● Aeol. λυσιμέλ-.

λυσιμελής, [ῡ], ές, die Glieder lösend, erschlaffend ; Hom. Od. 20.57, 23.343 ; die Liebe, Hes. Th. 120, wie πόθος, Archil. 77 ; ἔρως, Sappho 10 ; der Tod, Eur. Suppl. 448 ; sp.D.; vgl. das Wortspiel des Hedyl. 10 (XI.414), der Bacchus, Aphrodite u. das Podagra so nennt.

λυσιμελής

[λυσ-, λύω + μέλος.]

That relaxes the limbs.

Epithet of sleep Od. 20.57, Od. 23.343.

λυσιμελής , ές (λύω, μέλος): relaxing the limbs, ὕπνος, Od. 20.57 (with a play upon the word in v. 56).

λυσιμελής λῡσι-μελής, ές μέλος

• limb-relaxing, of sleep, etc., Od., Hes., etc.