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κράδανσις

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: krádansis Transliteration B: kradansis Transliteration C: kradansis Beta Code: kra/dansis

English (LSJ)

[κρᾰ], εως, ἡ, quaking, of the earth, Epicur.Ep.2p.48U.

German (Pape)

ἡ, das Schwingen, Erschüttern, die Erderschütterung, Epicur. bei DL. 10.105, Verbesserung der v.l. κράδασις.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κράδανσις: εως (ρᾰ) ἡ колебание (земли), землетрясение Epicur. ap. Diog. L.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κράδανσις: -εως, ἡ, σεῖσις, κίνησις τῆς γῆς, Ἐπίκουρ. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 10. 105· Meibom. κραδασμός.

Greek Monolingual

κράδανσις, ἡ (Α) κραδαίνω
κραδασμός της γής, ο σεισμός.