κλῖμαξ
κλῖμαξ
κλῖμαξ, ακος,
κλίνω
a ladder or staircase (because of its leaning aslant), Od., etc.:— a scaling-ladder, Thuc., Xen.; κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις Aesch.:— a shipʼs ladder, Eur., Theocr.
a frame with cross-bars, on which persons to be tortured were tied, Ar.
in Soph., κλίμακες ἀμφίπλεκτοι intertwining ladders, to express the entanglement of the limbs of wrestlers.
a climax, i. e. a gradual ascent from weaker expressions to stronger, Lat. gradatio, as Ciceroʼs abiit, evasit, erupit.
Headword (normalized):
κλῖμαξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κλιμαξ
Intro Text:
κλῖμαξ
κλῖμαξ, ακος,
κλίνω
a ladder or staircase (because of its leaning aslant), Od., etc.:— a scaling-ladder, Thuc., Xen.; κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις Aesch.:— a shipʼs ladder, Eur., Theocr.
a frame with cross-bars, on which persons to be tortured were tied, Ar.
in Soph., κλίμακες ἀμφίπλεκτοι intertwining ladders, to express the entanglement of the limbs of wrestlers.
a climax, i. e. a gradual ascent from weaker expressions to stronger, Lat. gradatio, as Ciceroʼs abiit, evasit, erupit.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n18110
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