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|Full diacritics=νεῦσις
|Medium diacritics=νεῦσις
|Low diacritics=νεύσις
|Capitals=ΝΕΥΣΙΣ
|Transliteration A=neûsis
|Transliteration B=neusis
|Transliteration C=neysis
|Beta Code=neu=sis
|Definition=(A), εως, ἡ, ([[νεύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[inclination]], [[tendency]] of physical forces to or from a centre, Ti.Locr.100d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[νεύσεις]], αἱ, title of work by [[Apollonius]] of [[Perga]], problems where a straight line has to be drawn through a point so as to intercept a given length between two lines or curves, Papp.670.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[downward]] [[tendency]], [[gravitation]], Plu. 2.1122c, prob. in Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.131.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tendency]], [[inclination]], Plot.1.1.12.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Neo-Platonic philosophy, [[declension]] in the scale of Being, especially of the Soul, νεῦσις ἡ πρὸς σῶμα καὶ ὕλην Id.1.6.5; νεῦσις εἰς or νεῦσις πρὸς τὴν γένεσιν, Hierocl.in CA26p.479M., Porph.Antr.11; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον νεῦσις Jul.Or.5.166d.<br>(B), εως, ἡ, ([[νέω]] A)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[swimming]], Arist.PA639b2, 694b9, al.
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{{bailly
|btext=εως (ἡ) :<br />inclinaison vers la terre.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[νεύω]].
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{{pape
|ptext=<b class="num">1</b> ἡ,<br><b class="num">1</b> <i>das [[Nicken]], der Wink</i>, Sp.<br><b class="num">2</b> <i>die [[Neigung]] [[wohin]]</i>; τᾷ εἰς τὸ [[μέσον]] καὶ ἀπὸ τῶ μέσω νεύσει, Tim.Locr. 100d; Arist. <i>part. an</i>. 1.3.<br /><b class="num">2</b> ([[νέω]]), ἡ, <i>das [[Schwimmen]]</i>, Arist. <i>part. an</i>. 1.1, [[öfter]].
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|elrutext='''νεῦσις:''' εως ἡ [[νεύω]] склонение, наклон, тяготение (εἰς τὸ [[μέσον]] Plat.; κατὰ [[βάρος]] Plut.).<br />εως ἡ [[νέω]] II] плавание Arst.
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|lstext='''νεῦσις''': ἡ, ([[νεύω]]) ἡ [[κλίσις]] γραμμῶν [[πρός]] τι [[σημεῖον]], Τίμ. Λοκρ. 100D, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 1. 3, 11, Πλούτ. 2. 1122C. ΙΙ. νεύσει τινός, κατ’ ἐπίνευσιν, τῇ συναινέσει τινός, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 8633.
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|mltxt=<b>(I)</b><br />νεῡσις, ἡ (ΑΜ)<br /><b>βλ.</b> [[νεύση]].<br /> <b>(II)</b><br />νεῡσις, ἡ (Α)<br />[[κολύμβηση]], [[κολύμβημα]].<br />[<b><span style="color: brown;">ΕΤΥΜΟΛ.</span></b> <span style="color: red;"><</span> θ. <i>νευσ</i>- του <i>νέω</i> (Ι) «[[κολυμπώ]]»].
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