ἄναψις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ἀνάπτω)

   A lighting up, kindling, D.H.2.66; of stars, ἄ. καί σβέσις Epicur.Ep.2p.39U.

German (Pape)

[Seite 216] (ἀνάπτω), ἡ, das Anzünden, Plut. Pyth. or. 12.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄναψις: -εως, ἡ, (ἀνάπτω) τὸ ἀνάπτειν, τὸ ἄναμμα, Διον. Ἁλ. 2. 66: - ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιτολῆς τῶν ἀστέρων, «καὶ κατὰ ἄναψιν γίγνεσθαι δύνανται καὶ κατὰ σβέσιν» Ἐπίκουρ. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 10. 92.