ἁψίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[ἀψίς]], ῖδος, ἡ, ([[ἅπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[loop]], [[mesh]], such as form a net, ἀψῖσι λίνου Il.5.487; [[ἁψῖδες]] = [[net]]s, A.R.3.138, Opp.''H.''4.146.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[felloe]] of a [[wheel]], Hes.''Op.''426, Lyr.in ''PLG''3.740; the [[wheel]] itself, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.72, E.''Hipp.''1233; <b class="b3">κύκλος ἁψῖδος</b> the [[potter]]'s [[wheel]], APl.4.191 (Nicaenet.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Archit., [[dowel-pin]], IG11(2).161''A''70 (De†los, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[disk]], <b class="b3">τὴν ἡμερίαν ἁψῖδα</b>, of the sun, E.''Ion'' 88; [[segment]] cut off by rainbow, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''371b28, cf. Poet. ap. Plu.2.103f.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[arch]] or [[vault]] (cf. [[ψαλίς]] ΙΙ), ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπουράνιον ἁψῖδα Pl.''Phdr.''247b, cf. Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[αἰθεροβατέω|αἰθεροβατεῖν]], ''Epigr.Gr.''1078 (Adana), ''IGRom.''3.975, ''PMag.Lond.''46.41; κατὰ τὴν ἁψῖδα ποτώμενος Luc.Bis Acc.33; [[triumphal arch]], D.C.53.22,26, etc.: metaph., κάμπτειν ἐπῶν ἁψῖδας Ar.''Th.'' 53.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">σελάνας ἐς δεκάταν ἁψῖδα</b> in the moon's tenth [[orbit]], i.e. the tenth month, ''Hymn.Is.''38.<br><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἀνωτάτω ἁ. θεάτρου</b> uppermost [[tier]], D.C.61.17. ([[ἅψιδα]] in late Poets, ''Epigr.Gr.''440.9,445.4.)