κατακέρασις
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A process of mixing, κατακεράσει αὐξάνεται Arist.GA723a18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1352] ἡ, Mischung, Temperatur, Arist. gen. anim. 1, 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κατακέρᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, μῖξις, ἀνάμιξις, κατακεράσει αὐξάνεται, οἷον οἶνος ὕδατος προσεγχυθέντος Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 1. 18, 18.
Greek Monolingual
κατακέρασις, -άσεως, ἡ (Α) κατακεράννυμι
ανάμιξη.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κατακέρᾰσις: εως ἡ примешивание (воды), разбавление (sc. τοῦ οἴνου Arst.).
