θρύψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">breaking in small pieces</b>, <b class="b3">οὔτε . . εἴη ἂν ἄπειρος ἡ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>316b30</span>; <b class="b2">dispersion</b>, ἡ θ. τοῦ ἀέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>419b23</span>; coupled with <b class="b3">διάλυσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.173</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">softness, weakness</b>, σώματος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>4</span>: esp. metaph., <b class="b2">debauchery</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span> 14</span>: pl., Id.2.732e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">daintiness</b>, <b class="b3">κόμης</b> ib.693b; θ. (cj. for <b class="b3">τρίψις</b>) ἐπικρατίδων <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>10</span>.</span>