κατάφασις

ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

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Full diacritics: κατάφᾰσις	Medium diacritics: κατάφασις	Low diacritics: κατάφασις	Capitals: ΚΑΤΑΦΑΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: katáphasis	Transliteration B: kataphasis	Transliteration C: katafasis	Beta Code: kata/fasis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ,
A affirmation, affirmative proposition, cataphasis, opp. ἀπόφασις, Pl.Def.413c, Arist.Int.17a25, al., EN1139a21.
2 affirmative particle, A.D.Adv.124.9, Synt.245.22.

[Seite 1388] ἡ (κατάφημι), Bejahung, Gegensatz ἀπόφασις, Plat. Defin. 413 c; Beistimmung, Arist. Eth. 6, 2, öfter Rhett.

εως (ἡ) :
1 affirmation;
2 t. de gramm. phrase affirmative.
Étymologie: καταφατίζω.
Αnt. ἀπόφασις¹.

κατάφᾰσις: εως ἡ лог. утверждение, утвердительное положение Plat., Arst., Sext.

κατάφασις -εως, ἡ κατάφημι, bevestiging.