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ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
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English (LSJ)
or κατασβεννύω, Ion. aor. inf.
A -σβῶσαι Herod.5.39:—put out, quench, κατέσβεσε θεσπιδαὲς πῦρ Il.21.381, cf. 16.293 (tm.), E. Or.697, etc.: metaph., ἔστιν θάλασσα, τίς δέ νιν κατασβέσει; who shall dry it up? A.Ag.958, cf. Th.584; κ. βοήν, ἔριν, quell noise, strife, S.Aj.1149, OC422; ἀνομίαν Critias 25.40 D.; τὰς ἡδονάς Pl. Lg.838b; τὴν δυσχέρειαν Id.Prt.334c; τὴν ταραχήν X.Cyr.5.3.55; Χολήν Herod. l. c.; κ. τὰ τραύματα heal them, Luc.DMar.11.1. II Pass., fut. -σβήσομαι (v. infr.), with aor. 2 and pf. Act., go out, be quenched, καιόμενον τὸν Χρυσὸν κατασβῆναι (aor. 2) Hdt.4.5; κατασβεσθῆναι τὴν πυρήν Id.1.87; ὁ κάνθαρος (i. e. the Sun) -σβήσεται PMag.Lend.V.2.18: metaph., κλαυμάτων πηγαὶ . . κατεσβήκασι A.Ag. 888; of tumours, κατέσβη Hp.Epid.1.1; κατασβεννύμενος, of passion, Pl.R.411c; κατασβεσθεὶς ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Plu.2.168f; of the wind, Id.Tim.19.
