κάταξις

English (LSJ)

εως, Ion. κάτ-ηξις, ιος, ἡ,

   A fracture, including all forms of skull injury, Hp.VC9, al.; breaking into large fragments, distd. from θραῦσις, Arist.Mete.386a12, Thphr.Lass.18.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1367] ἡ, das Zerbrechen, nach Arist. Meteorl. 4, 9 εἰς μεγάλα μέρη διαίρεσις καὶ χωρισμός, zum Unterschiede von θραῦσις, Sp.