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πρόστηξις

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: próstēxis Transliteration B: prostēxis Transliteration C: prostiksis Beta Code: pro/sthcis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A attachment, devotion, τῆς φυχῆς Plu.2.1089c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 782] ἡ, Anhänglichkeit, τῆς ψυχῆς, Plut. non posse 4.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
action de se fondre sur ; fig. action de s’attacher à.
Étymologie: προστήκω.

Greek Monolingual

-ήξεως, ἡ, Α προστήκομαι
προσκόλληση, αφοσίωσηπρόστηξις τῆς ψυχῆς», Πλούτ.).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πρόστηξις: εως ἡ привязанность, тяготение (τῆς ψυχῆς Plut.).