σύμπτυξις

From LSJ

ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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Transliteration A: sýmptyxis Transliteration B: symptyxis Transliteration C: symptyksis Beta Code: su/mptucis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, folding up or together, closing, Procl.Hyp.5.116; embrace, enfolding, ἡ τοῦ κύκλου πρὸς τὸ μέσον σ. Dam.Pr.29; ἡ νοητὴ σ. ib.155.

German (Pape)

[Seite 990] εως, ἡ, das Zusammenfalten, Verschließen, Gegensatz von ἀνάπτυξις, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σύμπτυξις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ συμπτύσσειν, συγκλείειν, δίπλωσις, κλείσιμον, Βασίλ. Ι, 153Β, Διονύσ. Ἀρεοπ. 424C, Δράκ. 157.