σβέσις
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A quenching, putting out, or (from Pass.) extinction, πυρὸς σ. καὶ μάρανσις Arist.Resp.474b14, cf. Juv.469b23, Thphr.Ign. 60, D.H.2.67; opp. διάλαμψις, Arist.Mete.370a24; κατὰ τὴν σ. while cooling, Dsc.1.100. II metaph., cancellation, δίκης PLond.5.1708.248 (vi A.D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σβέσις: ἡ, τὸ κατασβεννύναι, κατάσβεσις ἢ (ἐκ τοῦ παθητ.) «σβήσιμον», τὸ κατασβέννυσθαι, πυρὸς μάρανσις καὶ σβέσις Ἀριστ. π. Ἀναπν. 8, 4· σβέσις καὶ φθορὰ Πλούτ. Λύσ. 8· πρβλ. Ἰουβεν. 5, 1· τὸ ἀντίθετον τῷ διάλαμψις, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Μετεωρ. 2. 9, 19.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
extinction.
Étymologie: σβέννυμι.
