Lexical Definition

‎καταλύω‎ katalýō (kat-al-oo'-o) to destroy/lodge ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎λύω‎

destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.

• to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively)
• specially (compare ‎κατάλυμα‎) to halt for the night

Abbott-Smith

κατα-λύω, [in LXX for לוּן, שׁבת, etc.;]
1. to destroy, cast down: Mt 24:2, Mk 13:2, Lk 21:6; τ. ναόν, Mt 26:61 27:40, Mk 14:58 15:29, Ac 6:14; οἰκίαν, II Co 5:1; opp. to οἰκοδομεῖν, Ga 2:18. Metaph., to overthrow, annul, abrogate: Ac 5:38, 39; τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Ro 14:20; τ. νόμον, Mt 5:17 (II Mac 2:22).
2. to unloose, unyoke (e.g. horses), hence intrans., of travellers (cf. κατάλυμα), to take up one's quarters, lodge (cl., Ge 19:2, al.): Lk 9:12 19:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καταλύω-λύω,

future -λύσω[Refs 8th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect -λελύκεσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future -λῠθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -λέλῠμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— put down, destroy, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τείχη, [πτόλιν], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέφυραν break it up, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 of political or other systems, dissolve, break up, put down, κ. ἀρχήν, βασιληΐην, ἰσοκρατίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Attic dialect, κ. τὸν δῆμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς πολιτείας Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, καταλύωλελυμένης τῆς δημοκρατίας Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future middle as passive, καταλύωλύσεται.. ἡ ἀρχή (Cobet καταλύωλελύσεται) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b with accusative person, put down, depose, κ. τύραννον [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, τῶν ἄλλων καταλύωλελυμένων στρατηγῶν having been dismissed, [καταλύωλυθῆναι τῆς ἀρχῆς [prev. author] 1.104, compare 6.9. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c dissolve, dismiss, disband a body, καταλύωλύειν τὴν βουλήν, τὸν στόλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.d abolish or annul laws, customs, etc., δίκην [NT+5th c.BC+]; also κ. τὸν ἱππέα render him useless, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.e τὴν φυλακὴν κ. neglect the watch, [καταλύωλυθῆναι βούλεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.112. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.f κ. τὴν τριηραρχίαν lay it down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἄσκησιν, see below 3a.
__3 bring to an end, τὸν βίον [καταλύωλύσουσ᾽ ἔμμοχθον βίοτον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1004 (Lyric poetry); μώμου ἀδικίαν καὶ δόξης ἀμαθίαν 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Hel.” 21; ἐλπίδα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; δόξα, ἣν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ -λῦσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.73 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὸ πλεῖν, τὴν ἄροσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς λόγους περὶ τὰ μέγιστα κ. [Refs]make an end, ὥρᾳ κ. die in good time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πύκτης ὢν κατέλυσε retired from the ring, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Χοροῖς ἐν τῷ καταλύωλύειν in the ending, [Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect participle passive καταλύωλελυμένος disused, obsolete, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3.b κ. τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν εἰρήνην break the peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but,
__3.c more commonly, κ. τὸν πόλεμον end the war, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκας settle disputes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —more frequently in middle, καταλύωλύσασθαι τὰς ἔχθρας, componere inimicitias, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταλύωλύεσθαί τινι come to terms with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 passive, ἤδη καταλύωλελυμένης τῆς ἡλικίας in the decay of life, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II unloose, unyoke, καταλύωλύσομεν ἵππους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφεοῦ κ. take it down from the wall where it was hung up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken down from hanging, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 intransitive, take up one's quarters, lodge, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ καταλύωλύει he is my guest, [Refs 5th c.BC+] turn off the road to a person's house, go and lodge with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, θανάτῳ καταλύωλυσαίμαν may I take my rest in the grave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.5.17}