νεῦσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), εως, ἡ, (νεύω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[inclination]], [[tendency]] of physical forces to or from a centre, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.100d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">νεύσεις, αἱ,</b> title of work by Apollonius of Perga, problems where a straight line has to be drawn through a point so as to intercept a given length between two lines or curves, <span class="bibl">Papp.670.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[downward tendency]], [[gravitation]], Plu. 2.1122c, prob. in <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1.131</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[tendency]], [[inclination]], <span class="bibl">Plot.1.1.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in Neo-Platonic philosophy, [[declension]] in the scale of Being, esp. of the Soul, ν. ἡ πρὸς σῶμα καὶ ὕλην <span class="bibl">Id.1.6.5</span>; <b class="b3">ν. εἰς</b> or <b class="b3">πρὸς τὴν γένεσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span>26p.479M.</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>11</span>; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον ν. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>5.166d</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">νεῦσις</span> (B), εως, ἡ, ([[νέω]] A) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[swimming]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>639b2</span>, <span class="bibl">694b9</span>, al.</span>