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σύσπασις

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: σύσπᾰσις Medium diacritics: σύσπασις Low diacritics: σύσπασις Capitals: ΣΥΣΠΑΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: sýspasis Transliteration B: syspasis Transliteration C: syspasis Beta Code: su/spasis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, contraction, Arist.GA782b28.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1042] ἡ, das Zusammenziehen, Zuziehen, Zuflicken, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σύσπᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ συσπᾶν, συστέλλειν, συστολή, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 5. 3, 14.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σύσπᾰσις: εως ἡ сжатие, сокращение Arst.