ἀνάκαμψις
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A a bending back, Hp.Oss.15, Arist.Mete.386a5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 191] ἡ, das Umbiegen, Zurückkehren.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνάκαμψις: -εως, ἡ, ἡ πρὸς τὰ ὀπίσω κάμψις, Ἱππ. 278. 39, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 4. 9, 8, «σιδήρου ἀπὸ ὀξύτητος ἀμβλύτητα κατ’ ἀνάκαμψιν ἤγουν στροφὴν εἰς τὸ ἔμπαλιν».
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 retroflexiónde una vena ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀνακάμψει ἐνῆρται ἐς τὰ αὐτὰ ταῦτα Hp.Oss.15, de cualquier cuerpo, op. κατάκαμψις Arist.Mete.386a5.
2 reversión κἂν συνεχεῖς ὦσιν (αἱ κινήσεις) καὶ μὴ γίνηται ἀνάκαμψις Arist.Ph.262a11, de una cuerda tensa después de un movimiento vibratorio ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον ἀνακάμψεις ποιεῖσθαι Xenocrates 9.
Greek Monolingual
ἀνάκαμψις (-εως), η (Α)
βλ. ανάκαμψη.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀνάκαμψις: εως ἡ выгибание наружу или обратное движение, возвращение Arst.