ἔκλειψις
ekleipsis
abandonment
Appears 32 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔκλειψις, εως, ἡ, (ἐκλείπω) A. abandonment, νεῶν, πολίων, 6.25, 7.37; τῆς πατρίδος 41.13. II. (from intr.) of Sun or Moon, eclipse, ἡλίου ἐκλείψεις 1.23, cf. Metaph. 1044b10, etc.; ἔ. τελεία, μερική, 2.6; εἰλικρινής ib.5: metaph. (with play on I), βασιλέως 29.16.1, cf. Aem. 17. 2. failing, cessation, τῶν δυνάμεων 2.433f (pl.), cf. SD 1.7; extinction of a race, 9.5.12. 3. defect, omission, 5.3.7. 4. in Law, failing to appear in court, 259. 5. ἔκλειψις χορίου retention of the afterbirth, 6.75.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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