ἐκτίναξις
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, = ἐκτιναγμός (shaking out, shaking, violent jolt, violent shaking), Heph.Astr.1.20, EM281.18.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
sacudimiento, zarandeo, agitación fuerte τῶν πνευμάτων Ptol.Tetr.2.9.13, cf. Vett.Val.382.22, EM 281.19G., ἐ. τῶν πτερῶν aleteo, batir de alas Eust.1439.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 781] ἡ, dasselbe, E. M. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκτίναξις: -εως, ἡ, = τῷ προηγ., Ἐτυμ. Μ. 281. 19.
