νεῦσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), εως, ἡ, ([[νεύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[inclination]], [[tendency]] of physical forces to or from a centre, Ti.Locr.100d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[νεύσεις]], αἱ, title of work by [[Apollonius]] of [[Perga]], problems where a straight line has to be drawn through a point so as to intercept a given length between two lines or curves, Papp.670.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[downward]] [[tendency]], [[gravitation]], Plu. 2.1122c, prob. in Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.131.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tendency]], [[inclination]], Plot.1.1.12.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Neo-Platonic philosophy, [[declension]] in the scale of Being, esp. of the Soul, νεῦσις ἡ πρὸς σῶμα καὶ ὕλην Id.1.6.5; νεῦσις εἰς or νεῦσις πρὸς τὴν γένεσιν, Hierocl.in CA26p.479M., Porph.Antr.11; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον νεῦσις Jul.Or.5.166d.(B), εως, ἡ, ([[νέω]] A)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[swimming]], Arist.PA639b2, 694b9, al.