μείωσις
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
μειώσεως, ἡ, (μειόω) diminution,opp. αὔξησις, αἱ τῶν ὀστέων μειώσεις Hp.Mochl.24, cf. Arist.Cat.15a14, GC 320b31, Thphr. CP 4.4.11, Phld.Oec.p.68 J.(pl.), Alex.Aphr.in Top. 111.4: voc. μείωσι Orph.H.13.7; of the moon, waning, Cleom.2.5, Placit.3.17.3, Arr.Epict.1.14.4, Gal.9.905; loss of property, etc., Vett. Val.44.14 (pl.), al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 117] ἡ, das Verringern, Verkleinern, Pol. 9, 43, 5; S. Emp. adv. math. 9, 400.
French (Bailly abrégé)
μειώσεως (ἡ) :
amoindrissement, diminution.
Étymologie: μειόω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μείωσις: μειώσεως ἡ уменьшение, убыль (κινήσεως Arst.; τῶν ποταμῶν Polyb.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μείωσις: ἡ, (μειόω) ἐλάττωσις, ὀλιγόστευσις, σμίκρυνσις ἀντίθετ. τῷ αὔξησις, Ἱππ. Μοχλικ. 855, Ἀριστ. Κατηγορ. 14, 1, περὶ Γενέσ. καὶ Φθορ. 1. 5, 11.
