ἀπόσταξις
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, nose-bleeding, Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 29.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 medic. hemorragia nasal, epistaxis Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 23, 29, Prorrh.1.141, Coac.406, Epid.5.80.
2 alquim. destilación Moses 303.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 326] ἡ, das Herabtröpfeln, Theophr.; αἴματος od. ἀπὸ ῥινός, Nasenbluten, Hippocr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόσταξις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἀποστάζειν, Ἱππ. 401. 29.
