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ἔκστασις

ἔκστασις, any displacement: entrancement, astonishment

ἔκστᾰσις, εως, ἡ, (ἐξίστημι)
  • displacement, ἄρθρων Hp. Art. 56; πᾶσα κίνησις ἔ. ἐστι τοῦ κινουμένου Arist. de An. 406b13: hence, change, εἰς ἀντικείμενα Id. GA 768a27; αἱ κακίαι ἐ. Id. Ph. 247a3; ἔ. ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν Id. Cael. 286a19; ἔ. τῆς φύσεως degeneracy, Thphr. CP 3.1.6; opp. στάσις, Plot. 6.3.2; movement outwards, ἔ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παράγοντος Dam. Pr. 97 bis; ἔ. εἰς τὸ ἔξω ib. 401; [σῶμα] ἐν ἐκστάσει λαβὸν τὴν ὑπόστασιν Porph. Sent. 36; differentiation, ἔ. καὶ πιῆθος Plot. 6.7.17; αἱ εἰς πλῆθος ἐ. Procl. in Ti. 2.203 D.
    • II standing aside, Arist. Rh. 1361a37 (pl.).
        • b = Lat. cessio bonorum, CPR 20ii9 (iii A.D.); ἔ. χρημάτων Porph. Abst. 1.53; a tax on cessions, BGU 914.6 (ii A.D.), PLond. 2.305.2 (PTeb. ii p.184).
      • 2 distraction of mind, from terror, astonishment, anger, etc., Hp. Aph. 7.5, Prorrh. 2.9; ἔ. σιγῶσα Id. Coac. 65; ἔ. μανική Arist. Cat. 10a1; ἔ. τῶν λογισμῶν Plu. Sol. 8; νοῦ Plot. 5.3.7; τὰ μηδὲ προσδοκώμενʼ ἔκστασιν φέρει Men. 149, cf. Epit. 472, Epicur. Fr. 113; εἰς ἔ. ἄγειν Longin. 1.4.
      • 3 entrancement, astonishment, Ev.Luc. 5.26, Ev.Marc. 5.42.
      • 4 trance, Act. Ap. 10.10, 22.17; ecstasy, Plot. 6.9.11; ἔ. καὶ μανία Herm. in Phdr. p.103 A.
        • b drunken excitement, Corn. ND 30.

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