ἐξάπλωσις
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A unfolding, δακτύλων S.E.M.2.7; τῶν ὑμένων εἰς πλάτος Aret.SA1.8; opp. πίλησις, Ph.1.385 (pl.). 2 opening out, of roots, Archig. ap. Orib.8.2.12. II explanation, Erot. Prooem. III expansion or paraphrase of an expression, S.E.M. 7.51. b Math., expansion, εἰς μονάδας Nicom.Ar.2.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 871] ἡ, die Entfaltung, Aret.; καὶ ἔκτασις τῶν δακτύλων S. Emp. adv. rhet. 7.
