ἄνεσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=gen. εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ: ([[ἀνίημι]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[loosening]], [[relaxing]], <b class="b3">ἄνεσις τῶν χορδῶν</b> of the [[string]]s, opp. [[ἐπίτασις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>349e</span>; coupled with [[χάλασις]], ib.<span class="bibl">590b</span>; τῆς αἰσθήσεως . . δεσμὸν τὸν ὕπνον εἶναί φαμεν, τὴν δέ . . ἄνεσιν ἐγρήγορσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Somn.Vig.</span>454b27</span>; ἀέρος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">πάγων ἄνεσις</b>, i.e. a [[thaw]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sert.</span>17</span>; of the [[ebb]]-[[tide]], <span class="bibl">Str.7.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[remission]], [[abatement]], κακῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.28</span>; opp. [[θλῖψις]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>8.13</span>, al.; [[λύπη]]ς, [[μοχθηρία]]ς, etc., Plu.2.102b, etc.; τὴν ἡδονὴν ἄνεσιν [[λαμβάνειν]] Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3<span class="title">Fr.</span>1; <b class="b3">ἄνεσις φόρων, ἄνεσις τελῶν</b>, [[remission]] of [[tribute]], [[tax]]es, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sert.</span>6</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2227 (Thisbe), etc.; κολάσεως <span class="bibl">Plot.4.3.24</span>; of [[fever]]s, opp. [[παροξυσμός]], Gal.7.427. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[relaxation]], [[recreation]], opp. [[σπουδή]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>724a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1371b34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.122</span>; ἄνεσις καὶ [[σχολή]] <span class="bibl">Plb.1.66.10</span>; ψυχῆς Mnesith.Ath. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.484a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[solution]], Dsc.5.96. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> = τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς Archig. ap. Gal.7.424. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[indulgence]], [[licence]], ἡδονῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>561a</span>; ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν παρ' ὑμῖν ἄνεσις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>637c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1270a1</span>; δούλων ib.<span class="bibl">1313b35</span>; [[relaxation]] of [[custody]], Act.Ap.24.23. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of [[musical]] [[pitch]], <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.5</span>; of an unaccented [[syllable]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.18</span>.</span>