crisis
λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
critical moment: P. and V. ἀκμή, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ.
to have reached a crisis: P. εἰς ἀνάγκην ἀφῖχθαι, ἐπ' ἀκμὴν ἥκειν.
is it not now the crisis? V. οὐ γὰρ νῦν ἀκμή; (Euripides, Electra 275).
in the crisis of fate: V. ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 506).
the trouble is at its beginning, and not yet at the crisis: V. ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα, κοὐδέπω μεσοῖ (Euripides, Medea 60).
be at a crisis: V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι (Sophocles, Trachiniae 82), P. ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς εἶναι (Thuc. 5, I03).
at so dread a crisis do ye stand: V. ὦδ' ἔβητ' ἐπὶ ξυροῦ (Euripides, Hercules Furens 630).
Latin > English
crisis crisos/is N F :: judgment (literary); crisis, critical stage in one's life; decision (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crĭsis: is, f., = κρίσις, medic. t. t.,
I a decision, crisis, Sen. Ep. 83, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crĭsis,¹⁶ acc. in, pl. es, f. (κρίσις), crise [médec.] : Sen. Ep. 83, 4 ; naturæ conflictus quos Græci crises appellant C. Aur. Acut. 2, 19, 120, les assauts de la nature que les Grecs appellent crises.
Latin > German (Georges)
crisis, Akk. im, f. (κρίσις), die Entscheidung, entscheidende Wendung, Krisis, eandem crisim habere, Sen. ep. 83, 4 H.
