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ἀντίφραξις

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Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica 225C12
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Full diacritics: ἀντίφραξις Medium diacritics: ἀντίφραξις Low diacritics: αντίφραξις Capitals: ΑΝΤΙΦΡΑΞΙΣ
Transliteration A: antíphraxis Transliteration B: antiphraxis Transliteration C: antifraksis Beta Code: a)nti/fracis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ἀντιφράσσω)

   A barricading, γῆς ἀ. the interposition of the earth, so as to cause a lunar eclipse, Arist.APo.90a16, cf. Mete. 367b21; so ἥλιον ἐκλείπειν σελήνης ἀντιφράξει Id.Fr.210, cf. Plu.2.169a.    II Pythag. name for seventeenth day of the month, ib.367f.

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