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πρόστηξις

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Transliteration A: próstēxis Transliteration B: prostēxis Transliteration C: prostiksis Beta Code: pro/sthcis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, A attachment, devotion, τῆς φυχῆς Plu.2.1089c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 782] ἡ, Anhänglichkeit, τῆς ψυχῆς, Plut. non posse 4.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
action de se fondre sur ; fig. action de s’attacher à.
Étymologie: προστήκω.

Greek Monolingual

-ήξεως, ἡ, Α προστήκομαι
προσκόλληση, αφοσίωσηπρόστηξις τῆς ψυχῆς», Πλούτ.).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πρόστηξις: εως ἡ привязанность, тяготение (τῆς ψυχῆς Plut.).