κατάκτησις

οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones

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Transliteration A: katáktēsis	Transliteration B: kataktēsis	Transliteration C: kataktisis	Beta Code: kata/kthsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

A acquisition, πραγμάτων, Χώρας, γῆς, Plb.4.77.2, Str.8.3.33, Plu.Caes.22; αὐτονομίας D.S.17.74; δυνάμεως ῥητορικῆς Phld.Rh.2.261 S.