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ἄντωσις

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Full diacritics: ἄντωσις Medium diacritics: ἄντωσις Low diacritics: άντωσις Capitals: ΑΝΤΩΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: ántōsis Transliteration B: antōsis Transliteration C: antosis Beta Code: a)/ntwsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, pushing against or back, Arist.Resp.480a14.

German (Pape)

[Seite 265] ἡ, das Gegen-, Zurückstoßen, Arist. respir. 20.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄντωσις: -εως, ἡ, ἡ ἐναντίον τινὸς ἢ πρὸς τὰ ὀπίσω ὤθησις, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ σύνωσις, ἀναπήδησις μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ἄντωσις γινομένη πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ψυχροῦ σύνωσιν Ἀριστ. π. Ἀναπν. 20. 7.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἄντωσις: εως ἡ отталкивание, отбрасывание Arst.