διατήρησις
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A preservation, LXX Ex.16.33,al.; ἑαυτῶν D.S.2.50; τῶν ἁγίων Ph. 1.203; γένους J.AJ1.3.2, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 606] ἡ, Erhaltung, D. Sic. 2, 50.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διᾰτήρησις: -εως, ἡ, διαφύλαξις, ἑαυτῶν Διόδ. 2. 50, πρβλ. Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 8901.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
• Morfología: [gen. -ιος SEG 29.741.11 (Mitilene II d.C.)]
1 conservación c. gen. obj. ἑαυτῶν D.S.2.50, τῶν ἁγίων Ph.1.203, τοῦ γένους I.AI 1.77, τᾶς ἐλευθερίας dud. en SEG l.c., δογμάτων ἀκριβῶν Chrys.M.58.485, cf. LXX Nu.18.8, Eutych.Const.Pasch.M.86.2393A, sin rég. διδόναι εἰς διατήρησιν dar para su conservación, Sokolowski 3.85.8 (Tesalia, heleníst.), cf. LXX Ex.16.33, Nu.19.9, μενοῦμεν εἰς διατήρησιν ref. a la vida eterna, Cyr.Al.M.77.900C.
2 vigilancia, custodia c. gen. obj. τῶν χωμάτων PCair.Zen.296.16 (III a.C.), cf. Chrys.M.62.223.