παράλυσις

A. secret or illicit undoing or breaking open, ἡ πολυπραγμοσύνη π. τῶν ἀπορρήτων Plu. 2.519c (v.l. ‐δυσις).

II. disabling of the nerves, paralysis, Thphr. Fr. 11, Dsc. 1.6, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.39.2, Gal. 8.208 ; also of the eyes, i.e. nystagmus, Cels. 6.6.36 : generally, π. τῶν σωμάτων, of the effect of strong wine, Com.Adesp. 106.13 ; ἡ λύπη ψυχῆς π. Cleanth.Stoic. 1.130, cf.Plb. 30.32.10.

2. = δελφίνιον 11, Ps.-Dsc. 3.73 ; = κώνειον 1.1, Id. 4.78.

III. diaeresis (in Gramm.), κατὰ π. Eust. ad D.P. 384.