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ἀντίφραξις

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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968
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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.

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.