ἕξις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (ἔχω): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> (<b class="b3">ἔχω</b> trans.) <b class="b2">having, being in possession of, possession</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπιστήμης ἕ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">κτῆσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197b</span>; νοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 414b</span>; ἡ τῶν ὅπλων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>433e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>247a</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span>1022b4</span>; opp. <b class="b3">στέρησις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1055b13</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in surgery, [[posture]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">ἕ. ἢ θέσις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (<b class="b3">ἔχω</b> intr.) <b class="b2">a being in a certain state, a permanent condition</b> as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), diff. from <b class="b3">σχέσις</b> (which is alterable) (v. infr.): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[state]] or [[habit]] of body, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>153b</span>; <b class="b3">ἕ. ὑγιεινή</b> (so also <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.4</span>), opp. <b class="b3">διάθεσις ἀθλητική</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Alim.</span>34</span>; σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη Id.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>41; ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Acut.</span>43</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Sens.</span>69</span>: generally, [[condition]], ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 25</span>; ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>12</span>; τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι <span class="bibl">Polystr. p.26W.</span>; <b class="b2">outward appearance</b>, ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Da.</span> 1.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ki.</span>16.7</span>, Sm.<span class="title">La.</span>4.7; [[habit]] of a vine, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.14.5</span>; of material objects, ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>7.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.511</span>, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.124,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> medic., <b class="b2">the system</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.2.45e</span>, Mnesith. ib.<span class="bibl">54b</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.3.59</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[state]] or <b class="b2">habit of mind</b>, ἕ. κακίης <span class="bibl">Democr. 184</span>; τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>650b</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ</b>., Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>l.c.; <b class="b3">πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">167b</span>; λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>591b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> esp. <b class="b2">acquired habit</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐνέργεια</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1098b33</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">trained habit, skill</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 268e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>955b1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.47.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.29</span>; <b class="b3">τέχνη</b> defined as ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.69S.; ἄκρα ἕ. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν</b> Aristeas <span class="bibl">121</span>; ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.35 S. (Almost confined to Prose, but cf. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span> 391</span>.)</span>