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τόνωσις, strengthening, bracing

τόν-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
  • strengthening, bracing, Aret. CD 1.3; τοῦ βρέφους Sor. 1.95; τοῦ πνεύματος ib. 108; activity, force, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.24.19: abs., ‘tone’, Apollon. ap. Orib. 7.19.1.
      • 2 vehemence in rhetoric, τονώσεις καὶ περιπαθήσεις Ph. 1.158.
    • II accentuation, Eust. 341.21.

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