absis
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
absis absidis N F :: arc described by a planet; arc, segment of a circle; kind of round vessel/bowl
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
absis: or apsis, īdis (collat. form ab-sīda, ae, Paul. Ep. 12; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 7), f., = ἁψίς, lit.
I a fitting together in a circular form, hence an arch or vault.
I Plin. Ep. 2, 17 (but in Plin. 36, 12, 17, the correct read. is aspidem, v. Sillig ad h. l.). —In a church, the choir, Isid. Orig. 15, 18, 7, and Paul. Ep. 12 (in both of which it is doubtful whether absis, idis, or absida, ae, should be read; cf. Areval upon Isid. l. c.). —
II The circle which a star describes in its orbit, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79; cf. id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—
III A round dish or bowl, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 6; ib. Fragm. 32, § 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
absis ou mieux apsis, īdis, f., arc, voûte : Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 8 || course d’une planète : Plin. 2, 63 || assiette : Dig. 34, 2, 19 || chœur d’une église : Eccl.
Latin > German (Georges)
absis, s. apsis.
