θίξις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A touching, Hp.Mul.1.40, Arist.GA751a19, Ph.202a7, Gal.15.45, S.E.P.3.56,al.; ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξιν as far as the Red Sea, which it touches, Vett.Val.12.20, cf. 13.19; ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμός a scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, Arch.Pap.4.270 (iii A.D.), cf. Archig. ap. Gal.12.577 (where θῆξιν).    II metaph., apprehension of the mind, Plot.5.3.10: pl., Procl.in Prm.p.628S.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1212] ἡ, das Berühren, die Berührung; Arist. gen. anim. 3, 1; Plut. u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

θίξις: -εως, ἡ, ψαῦσις, τὸ ἐγγίζειν, Ἀριστ. Γεν. Ζ. 3. 1, 27, Φυσ. 3. 2, 4.