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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[ἔχω]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> ([[ἔχω]] trans.) [[having]], [[being in possession of]], [[possession]], [[ἐπιστήμη]]ς [[ἕξις]], opp. [[κτῆσις]], Pl.Tht.197b; νοῦ Id.Cra. 414b; ἡ τῶν ὅπλων Id.Lg.625c, cf. R.433e, Sph.247a, al., Arist. Metaph.1022b4; opp. [[στέρησις]], ib.1055b13, S.E.P.3.49.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in [[surgery]], [[posture]], Hp.Off.3; ἕξις ἢ [[θέσις]] ib.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> ([[ἔχω]] intr.) a [[being]] in a [[certain]] [[state]], a [[permanent]] [[condition]] as [[produce]]d by [[practice]] ([[πρᾶξις]]), diff. from [[σχέσις]] (which is alterable) (v. infr.):<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[state]] or [[habit]] of [[body]], Id.Aph.2.34, cf. Pl.Tht.153b; ἕξις [[ὑγιεινός|ὑγιεινή]] (so also X.Mem.1.2.4), opp. [[διάθεσις]] [[ἀθλητικός|ἀθλητική]], Hp.Alim.34; [[σχέσις]] καὶ ἕξις καὶ [[ἡλικίη]] Id.Mochl.41; ἡ [[φύσις]] καὶ ἡ ἕξις Id.Acut.43: pl., Thphr. Sens.69: generally, [[condition]], ἐν ἕξει τοῦ [[δρᾶν]] D.H.Comp. 25; ἕξις λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ [[μέρος]] Hp.Art.12; τῷ θερμὴν ἕξιν ἔχοντι Polystr. p.26W.; [[outward appearance]], ἡ ἕξις τοῦ σώματος [[κρείσσων]] LXXDa. 1.15, cf. 1 Ki.16.7, Sm.La.4.7; [[habit]] of a [[vine]], Thphr.CP3.14.5; of material objects, ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι S.E.M.7.102, cf. Ph.2.511, Stoic.2.124,al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> medic., the [[system]], Ath.2.45e, Mnesith. ib.54b, Paul.Aeg.3.59.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[state]] or [[habit]] of [[mind]], ἕξις κακίης Democr. 184; τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν Pl.Lg.650b, etc.; ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ [[ἕξις]], opp. ἡ τῶν σωμάτων [[ἕξις]], Id.Tht.l.c.; πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει ib.167b; [[λαμβάνειν]] ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν Id.R.591b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[acquired habit]], opp. [[ἐνέργεια]], Arist.EN1098b33,al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[train]]ed [[habit]], [[skill]], Pl.Phdr. 268e, Arist.Pr.955b1, Plb.10.47.7, D.S.2.29; [[τέχνη]] defined as [[ἕξις]] ἢ [[διάθεσις]] ἀπὸ [[παρατήρησις|παρατηρήσεως]] Phld.Rh.1.69S.; ἄκρα ἕξις D.H.Comp.11: c. gen., τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν Aristeas 121; ἕξις πολιτικῶν λόγων Phld.Rh.2.35 S. (Almost confined to Prose, but cf. Orph.A. 391.)