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στέρησις

στέρησις, deprivation, privation

στέρ-ησις, also στέρ-εσις (q.v.), εως, ἡ,
  • deprivation, loss, of a thing, ἀρχῆς Th. 2.63; πνεύματος Pl. Lg. 865b; σ. αἰσθήσεως ὁ θάνατος Epicur. Ep. 3 p.60 U.; σ. τῆς ἀναπνοῆς Gal. 15.795; σ. τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀφθαλμῶν, i.e. blindness, Hp. Judic. 42, Gal. 17(1).401.
      • 2 confiscation, πλοίου OGI 572.22 (Myra, ii/iii A.D., dub. l., fort. στέρεσις).
      • 3 negation, privation, Arist. Rh. 1408a7, Cat. 12a26, Metaph. 1004b27, Thphr. HP 1.2.5; περὶ τῶν κατὰ στέρησιν λεγομένων on negatives, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.5.

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