ἀνάκλασις
anaklasis
a bending back, flexure
Appears 41 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνάκλασις, εως, ἡ, (ἀνακλάω) A. a bending back, flexure, Fract. 2; of swords, 5.30; curve, of the lines of a ship, 1. II. reflection of light or reverberation of sound, AP 0.98a29, Sens. 437b10, al., Stoic. 2.199; so of the wind, Pr. 945a7; of water, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι have its course turned, 4.43.9; ἀ. τῆς σαρκὸς ποιεῖσθαι make it elastic, Pr. 966b17.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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