θρύψις
οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A breaking in small pieces, οὔτε . . εἴη ἂν ἄπειρος ἡ θ. Arist.GC316b30; dispersion, ἡ θ. τοῦ ἀέρος Id.de An.419b23; coupled with διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.173. II softness, weakness, σώματος Plu.Dem.4: esp. metaph., debauchery, X.Cyr.8.8.16, Plu.Lyc. 14: pl., Id.2.732e. 2 daintiness, κόμης ib.693b; θ. (cj. for τρίψις) ἐπικρατίδων Hp.Praec.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1221] ἡ, das Zerreiben, Zermalmen, Aufreiben, ἀέρος Arist. de anim. 2, 8, Sp.; – Weichlichkeit, schwelgerische Lebensart, Luxus, Xen. Cyr. 8, 8, 16 u. öfter bei Sp., wie Plut. Dem. 4 Lycurg. 14 Ael. H. A. 5, 11. 6, 19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θρύψις: -εως, ἡ, θραῦσις εἰς μικρὰ τεμάχια, σύντριψις, οὔτε... εἴη ἂν ἄπειρος ἡ θρ. Ἀριστ. π. Γεν. καὶ Φθορ. 1. 2, 20, πρβλ. τὸ π. Ψυχ. 2. 8, 5. ΙΙ. μεταφ., μαλακότης, ἀδυναμία, ἀκολασία, ἀσέλγεια, Ξεν. Κύρ. 8. 8, 16, Πλούτ. ἐν Λυκούργ. 14, Ἀνθ. Π. 8. 166, κτλ.
