μίξις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mixing, mingling</b>, μ. τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντων <span class="bibl">Emp. 8.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>47d</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>327a30</span>, etc.; τινὶ πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 260b</span>; πάσας μ. μείγνυσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>620d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">intercourse</b> with others, esp. <b class="b2">sexual intercourse</b> or <b class="b2">commerce</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.203</span>, al.; [γυναικῶν] ἐπίκοινον τὴν μ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.4.172</span>; ὄνων πρὸς ἵππους <span class="bibl">Anacr.35</span>; ἄρρενος πρὸς ἄρρεν, θήλεος πρὸς θῆλυ μ. Plu.2.990d; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν παίδων μ</b>. <b class="b2">union</b> for the sake of... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>773d</span>. (In codd. sts. <b class="b3">μῖξις</b>, for which μεῖξις shd. prob. be restd. in Prose:—with <b class="b3">μεῖξις</b>: <b class="b3">μίξις</b>, cf. [[φεῦξις]]: <b class="b3">φύξις</b>.)</span>