προσπάθεια
From LSJ
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A passionate attachment, πρός τι γένος ἀκρασίας Dicaearch.1.10; defined as ἐπιθυμία δεδουλωμένη, Andronic. Rhod. p.572 M.; written προσπαθία, Phld.D.1.14 (pl.); ἄνευ προσκλίσεως καὶ προσπαθείας S.E.P.1.230; γενομένους ἐν π. Heraclit.Incred.16; προσπαθείας <ἕνεκα> Zos.Alch.p.118 B. II in later Philos., clinging of the soul to the body and its passions, Porph.Sent.28; ἡ πρὸς τὸ σῶμα π. ib.29; ἡ θνητὴ π. Hierocl.in CA 3p.425M., cf. M.Ant. 12.3.
