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κάθεξις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάθεξις κάθεξεως

Structure: καθεξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kate/xw

Sense

  1. a holding, retention

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ παρὰ τὸν θυμὸν λυπηρόν, καὶ βίαιον ἡ κάθεξισ, ὥστ’ εἰ τὸ βίαιον ἀκούσιον, τὸ κατὰ τὸν θυμὸν ἑκούσιον ἂν εἰή πᾶν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 118:3)
  • ἡ γὰρ τοῦ πνεύματοσ κάθεξισ ποιεῖ τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῖσ πονοῦσιν, ὃ συμβαίνει καὶ τοῖσ παιδίοισ διατεινομένοισ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 307:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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