ἀντίφραξις
From LSJ
θοῦ, Κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόµατί µου καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη µου → set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips | set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips (Psalm 140:3, Septuagint version)
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 263] ἡ, das Versperren durch etwas Vorgesetztes, γῆς ἀντίφραξις Arist. Analyt. post. 2. 8 (vgl. de anim. 3, 4); γῆς πρὸς ἥλιον ἀντ. Plut. Dion. 24, Verfinsterung der Sonne durch die gegengestellte Erde.
