δέσις

εως, ἡ
A. binding together, Pl. Cra. 418e; setting of stones, LXX Si. 45.11; tying in bundles, Hdn. 8.4.5; ποδῶν δ., = ὑπόδημα, Ezek. Exag. 97.
II. complication of a dramatic plot, opp. λύσις, Arist. Po. 1455b26.
III. = δέσμη (prob. of a belt-purse), UPZ 121.9 (cf. δεσμός 11).
IV. Botan.,joint, Sch.Orib. 2p.743D.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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