λίθωσις
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ,
A a turning into stone, petrifying, Plu.2.953e.
II work in stone, λ. ποικίλη Aristeas 74.
German (Pape)
[Seite 46] ἡ, das Verwandeln in Stein, Versteinerung, Plut. pr. frig. 19 u. a. Sp.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
pétrification.
Étymologie: λιθόω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λίθωσις: ἡ, ἡ μετατροπὴ εἰς λίθον, ἀπολίθωσις, Πλούτ. 2. 953Ε.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λίθωσις: εως (λῐ) ἡ превращение в камень, окаменение Plut.
