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ἀντέρεισις

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: ἀντέρεισις Medium diacritics: ἀντέρεισις Low diacritics: αντέρεισις Capitals: ΑΝΤΕΡΕΙΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: antéreisis Transliteration B: antereisis Transliteration C: antereisis Beta Code: a)nte/reisis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A thrusting against, resistance, Hp.Art. 50; esp. the fulcrum or resistance used in reducing a dislocation, ib. 2; of joints, Arist.IA705a14; λάμπειν ἀντερείσει τοῦ αἰθέρος by its resistance, Plu.Lys.12; forward pressure, Ael.Tact.18.8; repulsion, Plu.2.396a, cf. Ph.1.153, Plot.4.3.26(pl.).    II Rhet., buttressing, mutual support, of clauses in a period, Demetr.Eloc.12.

German (Pape)

[Seite 247] ἡ, das Entgegenstämmen, Hippocr.; Plut. Num. 9 u. oft, der Widerstand.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀντέρεισις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἐρείδειν τι ἐναντίον τινός, ἀντίστασις, ἀντιπίεσις, Ἱππ. π. Ἄρθρ. 817: ἰδίως τὸ ὑπομόχλιον ἐν χρήσει κατὰ τὴν τοποθέτησιν ὀστοῦ τινος τεθραυσμένου, αὐτόθι 780· κατὰ τὸ βάδισμα, Ἀριστ. Περὶ Ζ. πορ. 3. 2· λάμπειν ἀντερείσει τοῦ αἰθέρος, διὰ τῆς ἀντιστάσεως αὐτοῦ, Πλουτ. Λύσανδρ. 12: ― ἄπωσις, ὁ αὐτ. 2. 396Α.