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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[touching]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>751a19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>202a7</span>, Gal.15.45, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.56</span>,al.; <b class="b3">ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξιν</b> as far as the Red Sea, [[which it touches]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.12.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.19</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμός</b> a scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>4.270 (iii A.D.), cf. Archig. ap. Gal.12.577 (where [[θῆξιν]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[apprehension]] of the mind, <span class="bibl">Plot.5.3.10</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.628S.</span></span>