ἔκκλισις
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, A turning out of one's course, deflexion, τῆς σελήνης Plu.2.929c (pl.). 2 tendency, Arist.Pr.863b24. II dislocation, Hp.Art.62. III avoidance, refusal, opp.αἵρεσις, Cleanth.Stoic.1.129(pl.) ; opp.ἐκλογή, Stoic.3.190 ; opp. ὄρεξις, Epict.Ench.2 ; τῶν ὀχληρῶν S.E.M.1.51 ; τῆς βλάβης Gal.13.124, cf. Plot.1.4.6, etc. IV moral declension, ib.8.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 763] ἡ, das Abweichen; τῆς σελήνης Plut. fac. orb. lun. 16 M.; das Vermeiden, Ggstz ὄρεξις, Epict. enchir. 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκκλισις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ παρεκλίνειν ἐκ τῆς τακτικῆς πορείας, λοξοδρομία, Πλούτ. 2. 929C. ΙΙ. ἐξάρθρωσις, Ἱππ. π. Ἄρθρ. 827.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
1 déclinaison d’un astre;
2 action d’éviter.
Étymologie: ἐκκλίνω.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
I 1medic. dislocación ἢν μὴ πάνυ μεγάλη ἡ ἔ. ᾖ Hp.Art.62.
2 desviación de la luna en latitud, Plu.2.929c, de los humores corporales, Hp.Hum.1.
3 inclinación, tendencia ἡ εἰς ἀλέαν ἔ. Arist.Pr.863b24.
II rechazo, repulsa op. αἵρεσις Cleanth.Stoic.1.129, op. ὄρεξις Epict.Ench.2, Plot.1.8.15, Simp.in Epict.39.10, 13, op. ἐκλογή c. gen. obj. ἔ. τῶν τούτοις ἐναντίων Chrysipp.Stoic.3.190, τῶν ὀχληρῶν S.E.M.1.51, τῆς βλάβης Gal.13.124, cf. Plot.1.4.6.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἔκκλῐσις: εως ἡ отклонение (σελήνης Plut.).
