ἐρημία
τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars
English (LSJ)
ἡ, I of places, a solitude, desert, wilderness, Hdt.3.98, A.Pr.2, etc. ; ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐ. Ar.Ach.704 ; ἀφίκετ' εἰς ἐ. Id.Lys.787 ; ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας to solitary places, Arist.HA610b24, etc. II as a state or condition, solitude, loneliness, ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, to keep alone, E.Med.50 ; μονάδ' ἔχουσ' ἐ. Id.Ba.609 (troch.) ; ἐρημίας τυχών Id.El.510 ; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο Antipho 2.1.4 ; of persons, isolation, destitution, S.OC957, Lys.18.25 ; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐ. καταγνόντες Is.1.2 ; δι' ἐρημίαν from being left alone, Th.1.71, cf. 3.67 ; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι D.3.27 ; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐ. Men.39. b of places, desolation, ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι E.Tr.97 ; ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ ib.26 ; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ' ἐρημίας Th.4.8. 2 c. gen., want of, absence, φίλων X.Mem. 2.2.14 ; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, ἀνδρῶν, E.Hec.1017,Ba.875 (lyr., pl.), Th. 6.102 ; λύχνων Ar.Av.1484 (lyr.), etc. ; δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος without finding any enemy, X.HG3.4.21 ; τὴν ἐ. τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν seeing that there would be none to hinder him, D.4.49 ; ἐ. σώματος, = κενόν, Zeno Stoic.1.26 ; even ἐ. κακῶν freedom from evil, E. HF1157.
