ἀνάχυσις
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, ἀναχέω
A expansion, effusion, χολῆς Aret.SD1.15; ἰκτεριώδης Sor.1.48, cf. Ruf.Fr.79.9; πύου Erasistr. ap. Gal.8.318; τῶν εἰδῶν εἰς τὸ ὄν Simp.in Ph.503.32: metaph., ἀ. ψυχῆς exhilaration, Ph.2.187. b exhalation, τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ (causing fogs) Prisc. p.341 D. 2 ἡ τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀ. excess of profligacy, 1 Ep.Pet.4.4; τοῦ ἀλόγου πάθους Ph.1.695; of enthusiasm, Metrod.Herc.831.13. II expanse of water, e.g. estuary, Str.3.1.9: pl., ἀ. θαλάττης inundations, Max.Tyr.38.3; ἀνάχυσιν λαμβανούσης τῆς θαλάσσης Ocell.3.4. III an expectorant, = σύμφυτον, Ps.-Dsc.4.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 215] ἡ, das Ausgießen; bes. Stellen, in die das Meer sich bei der Fluth ergießt, aestuaria, Strab. 1, 1, 7. Uebtr., ἀσωτίας N. T, Schlaffheit.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνάχῠσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἀναχέω) ἔκχυσις, χολῆς Ἀρετ. Χρ. Νούσ. Θερ. 1. 15. 2) ἡ τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀν., τὸ τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀκόλαστον, Πέτρ. Ἐπιστ. Α. δ΄, 4. ΙΙ. λιμνοθάλασσα, «λέγονται δὲ ἀναχύσεις αἱ πληρούμεναι τῇ θαλάττῃ κοιλάδες ἐν ταῖς πλημμυρίσι καὶ ποταμῶν δίκην ἀνάπλους εἰς τὴν μεσόγαιαν ἔχουσαι» Στράβ. Γ΄, 140.
