θίξις
θίξις, touching
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θίξιν Noun: feminine accusative singular of θίξις
θίξις, εως, ἡ,
- touching, Hp. Mul. 1.40, Arist. GA 751a19, Ph. 202a7, Gal. 15.45, S.E. P. 3.56, al.; ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξιν as far as the Red Sea, which it touches, Vett.Val. 12.20, cf. 13.19; ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμός a scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii A.D.), cf. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.577 (where θῆξιν).
- II metaph., apprehension of the mind, Plot. 5.3.10: pl., Procl. in Prm. p.628 S.
θίξις, εως (ἡ) action de toucher, Arstt. G.A. 3, 1, 27 ; Phys. 3, 2, 4, etc.
Étym. θιγγάνω.
θίξις, ἡ, das Berühren, die Berührung ; Arist. gen. anim. 3.1 ; Plut. u. a.Sp.