κένωσις

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διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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Transliteration A: kénōsis Transliteration B: kenōsis Transliteration C: kenosis Beta Code: ke/nwsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A emptying, depletion, οὐχὶ πεῖνα καὶ δίψα . . κενώσεις τινές εἰσι . . ; Pl.R.585b, cf. Phlb.35b, BGU904.13 (ii A.D.): —poet. κενέωσις, πόντου κ. ἀνὰ πέδον Pi.Fr.107.12: metaph., κένωσις βίου Vett.Val.190.30; κ. τοῦ γιγνώσκειν Iamb.Comm.Math.11.    2 Medic., evacuation, Hp.Aph.2.8, interpol.in Dsc.2.50; κ. τῶν οἰκείων, opp. κάθαρσις τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, Gal.18(2).134.    b depletion, low diet, opp. πλήρωσις, Hp.VM9, cf. Art.49; κ. σίτου ib.50.    3 of the moon, waning, opp. πλήρωσις, Epicur.Ep.2p.40U.