κατάφασις
From LSJ
ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A affirmation, affirmative proposition, opp. ἀπόφασις, Pl.Def.413c, Arist.Int.17a25, al., EN1139a21. 2 affirmative particle, A.D.Adv.124.9, Synt.245.22.
