ἄναψις
From LSJ
ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀνάπτω)
A lighting up, kindling, D.H.2.66; of stars, ἄ. καί σβέσις Epicur.Ep.2p.39U.
German (Pape)
[Seite 216] (ἀνάπτω), ἡ, das Anzünden, Plut. Pyth. or. 12.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄναψις: -εως, ἡ, (ἀνάπτω) τὸ ἀνάπτειν, τὸ ἄναμμα, Διον. Ἁλ. 2. 66: - ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιτολῆς τῶν ἀστέρων, «καὶ κατὰ ἄναψιν γίγνεσθαι δύνανται καὶ κατὰ σβέσιν» Ἐπίκουρ. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 10. 92.
