ἕξις
ἕξις,
εως,
ἡ,(
ἔχω):
I). (
ἔχω trans.)
having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opp.
κτῆσις, Pl. Tht. 197b ;
νοῦ Id. Cra. 414b ;
ἡ τῶν ὅπλων Id. Lg. 625c , cf.
R. 433e ,
Sph. 247a , al.,
Arist. Metaph. 1022b4 ; opp.
στέρησις, ib.
1055b13 ,
S.E. P. 3.49 .
II). (ἔχω intr.) a being in a certain state, a permanent condition as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), diff. from σχέσις (which is alterable) (v. infr.):
1). state or
habit of body,
Id. Aph. 2.34 , cf.
Pl. Tht. 153b ;
ἕ. ὑγιεινή (so also
X. Mem. 1.2.4 ), opp.
διάθεσις ἀθλητική, Hp. Alim. 34 ;
σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη Id. Mochl. 41 ;
ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ. Id. Acut. 43 : pl.,
Thphr. Sens. 69 : generally,
condition, ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν D.H. Comp. 25 ;
ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος Hp. Art. 12 ;
τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι Polystr. p.26W. ;
outward appearance, ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων LXX Da. 1.15 , cf.
1 Ki. 16.7 ,
Sm. La. 4.7 ;
habit of a vine,
Thphr. CP 3.14.5 ; of material objects,
ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι S.E. M. 7.102 , cf.
Ph. 2.511 ,
Stoic. 2.124 ,al.
2). state or
habit of mind, ἕ. κακίης Democr. 184 ;
τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν Pl. Lg. 650b , etc.;
ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ., opp.
ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ., Id.
Tht.l.c.;
πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει ib.
167b ;
λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν Id. R. 591b .
ShortDef
a having, possession
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Headword (normalized):
ἕξις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
εξις
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-37404
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἕξις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ἔχω</span>): <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> (<span class="foreign greek">ἔχω</span> trans.) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having, being in possession of, possession,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιστήμης ἕ.,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">κτῆσις,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:197b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:197b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 197b </a>; <span class="quote greek">νοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 414b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τῶν ὅπλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:625c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:625c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 625c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:433e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:433e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 433e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:247a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:247a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 247a </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1022b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1022b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1022b4 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">στέρησις,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1055b:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1055b.13/canonical-url/"> 1055b13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:3:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg001:3.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.49 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in surgery, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">posture,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Off.</span> 3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἕ. ἢ θέσις</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> 15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> (<span class="foreign greek">ἔχω</span> intr.) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a being in a certain state, a permanent condition</span> as produced by practice (<span class="etym greek">πρᾶξις</span>), diff. from <span class="foreign greek">σχέσις</span> (which is alterable) (v. infr.): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">state</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">habit</span> of body, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 2.34 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:153b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:153b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 153b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἕ. ὑγιεινή</span> (so also <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.4 </a>), opp. <span class="foreign greek">διάθεσις ἀθλητική,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg046.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg046.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alim.</span> 34 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mochl.</span> 41 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acut.</span> 43 </a> : pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg003:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sens.</span> 69 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">condition,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1628.tlg001:p.26W" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1628.tlg001:p.26W/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polystr.</span> p.26W. </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">outward appearance,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg056:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg056:1.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Da.</span> 1.15 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:16:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:16.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ki.</span> 16.7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sm.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">La.</span> 4.7 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">habit</span> of a vine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:14:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:14:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.14.5 </a>; of material objects, <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 7.102 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.511/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.511 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 2.124 </span>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> medic., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the system,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:45e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.45e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 2.45e </a>, Mnesith. ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:54b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:54b/canonical-url/"> 54b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0715.tlg001:3:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0715.tlg001:3.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paul.Aeg.</span> 3.59 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">state</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">habit of mind,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἕ. κακίης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 184 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:650b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:650b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 650b </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ.,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ.,</span> Id.<span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span>l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:167b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:167b/canonical-url/"> 167b </a>; <span class="quote greek">λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:591b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:591b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 591b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">acquired habit,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐνέργεια,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1098b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1098b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1098b33 </a>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trained habit, skill,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:268e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:268e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 268e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:955b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:955b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 955b1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:47:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:47:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 10.47.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 2.29 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τέχνη</span> defined as <span class="quote greek">ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.69S. </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρα ἕ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 11 </a> : c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν</span> Aristeas <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:121/canonical-url/"> 121 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.35 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> </span> (Almost confined to Prose, but cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:391" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:391/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 391 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}