ἔκστασις
ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
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A displacement, ἄρθρων Hp.Art.56 ; πᾶσα κίνησις ἔ. ἐστι τοῦ κινουμένου Arist.de An.406b13 : hence, change, εἰς ἀντικείμενα Id.GA768a27 ; αἱ κακίαι ἐ. Id.Ph.247a3 ; ἔ. ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν Id.Cael.286a19 ; ἔ. τῆς φύσεως degeneracy, Thphr.CP3.1.6 ; opp. στάσις, Plot.6.3.2 ; movement outwards, ἔ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παράγοντος Dam.Pr.97 bis ; ἔ. εἰς τὸ ἔξω ib.401 ; [σῶμα] ἐν ἐκστάσει λαβὸν τὴν ὑπόστασιν Porph.Sent.36 ; differentiation, ἔ. καὶ πιῆθος Plot.6.7.17 ; αἱ εἰς πλῆθος ἐ. Procl.in Ti.2.203 D. II standing aside, Arist.Rh.1361a37 (pl.). b = Lat. cessio bonorum, CPR20ii9 (iii A.D.) ; ἔ. χρημάτων Porph.Abst.1.53 ; a tax on cessions, BGU914.6 (ii A.D.), PLond.2.305.2 (PTeb.ii p.184). 2 distraction of mind, from terror, astonishment, anger, etc., Hp.Aph.7.5, Prorrh.2.9 ; ἔ. σιγῶσα Id.Coac.65 ; ἔ. μανική Arist.Cat.10a1 ; ἔ. τῶν λογισμῶν Plu.Sol.8 ; νοῦ Plot.5.3.7 ; τὰ μηδὲ προσδοκώμεν' ἔκστασιν φέρει Men.149, cf. Epit.472, Epicur.Fr.113 ; εἰς ἔ. ἄγειν Longin.1.4. 3 entrancement, astonishment, Ev.Luc.5.26, Ev.Marc.5.42. 4 trance, Act.Ap.10.10, 22.17 ; ecstasy, Plot.6.9.11 ; ἔ. καὶ μανία Herm. in Phdr.p.103A. b drunken excitement, Corn.ND30.
