νεῦσις
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
(A), εως, ἡ, (νεύω)
A inclination, tendency of physical forces to or from a centre, Ti.Locr.100d. 2 νεύσεις, αἱ, title of work by Apollonius of Perga, problems where a straight line has to be drawn through a point so as to intercept a given length between two lines or curves, Papp.670.4. 3 downward tendency, gravitation, Plu. 2.1122c, prob. in Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.131. 4 tendency, inclination, Plot.1.1.12. 5 in Neo-Platonic philosophy, declension in the scale of Being, esp. of the Soul, ν. ἡ πρὸς σῶμα καὶ ὕλην Id.1.6.5; ν. εἰς or πρὸς τὴν γένεσιν, Hierocl.in CA26p.479M., Porph.Antr.11; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον ν. Jul.Or.5.166d.
νεῦσις (B), εως, ἡ, (νέω A)
A swimming, Arist.PA639b2, 694b9, al.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νεῦσις: ἡ, (νεύω) ἡ κλίσις γραμμῶν πρός τι σημεῖον, Τίμ. Λοκρ. 100D, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 1. 3, 11, Πλούτ. 2. 1122C. ΙΙ. νεύσει τινός, κατ’ ἐπίνευσιν, τῇ συναινέσει τινός, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 8633.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
inclinaison vers la terre.
Étymologie: νεύω.
