ἀσύμπτωτος
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not falling in, full, of face or body, Hp.Hum.4, Gal.11.25, al.; not closing, of the edges of a wound, ἀ. χείλη Antyll. ap. Orib.7.11.10; not liable to collapse, Anon.Lond.26.50. II not touching, τῇ ψυχῇ Plu.Lib. 7. 2 esp. in Math., of lines or planes which never meet, e. g. parallel straight lines, Hero *Deff.70; of lines which do not cut a curve, non-secant, ἀ. τῇ τομῇ αἱ ΓΔ, ΓΕ Apollon.Perg.Con.2.1, cf. 14; ἀσύμπτωτος (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, asymptote, of the hyperbola, ib.2.3, etc.; of the conchoid, Procl.in Euc.p.366 F.
German (Pape)
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