ἀντίφραξις
antiphraxis
barricading
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀντίφραξις, εως, ἡ, (ἀντιφράσσω) A. barricading, γῆς ἀ. the interposition of the earth, so as to cause a lunar eclipse, APo. 90a16, cf. Mete. 367b21; so ἥλιον ἐκλείπειν σελήνης ἀντιφράξει Fr. 210, cf. 2.169a. II. name for seventeenth day of the month, ib.367f.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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