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κατάσχασις

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: κατάσχᾰσις Medium diacritics: κατάσχασις Low diacritics: κατάσχασις Capitals: ΚΑΤΑΣΧΑΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: katáschasis Transliteration B: kataschasis Transliteration C: kataschasis Beta Code: kata/sxasis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, scarification, Archig. ap. Orib.44.26.6.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1384] ἡ, = κατασχασμός, Moschion.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κατάσχασις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ κατασχάζειν, τὸ ἄνοιγμα φλεβός, φλεβοτομία, σὺν πυρίᾳ καὶ καταπλάσμασι καὶ κατασχάσει Μοσχ.

Greek Monolingual

κατάσχασις, ἡ (Α) κατασχάζω
διάνοιξη, τομή φλέβας, φλεβοτομία.