ἁψίς
hapsis
loop, mesh
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἁψίς, Ep. and Ion. ἀψίς, ῖδος, ἡ, (ἅπτω) A. loop, mesh, such as form a net, ἀψῖσι λίνου Il. 5.487; ἁψῖδες nets, 3.138, H. 4.146. 2. felloe of a wheel, Op. 426, Lyr. in PLG 3.740; the wheel itself, 4.72, Hipp. 1233; κύκλος ἁψῖδος the potterʼs wheel, APl. 16.191 (). 3. in Archit., dowel-pin, 11(2).161A 70 (Delos, iii B. C.). 4. disk, τὴν ἡμερίαν ἁψῖδα, of the sun, Ion 88; segment cut off by rainbow, Mete. 371b28, cf. Poet. ap. 2.103f. 5. arch or vault (cf. ψαλίς II), ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπουράνιον ἁψῖδα Phdr. 247b, cf. s.v. αἰθεροβατεῖν, Epigr.Gr. 1078 (Adana), IGRom. 3.975, PMag.Lond. 46.41; κατὰ τὴν ἁψῖδα ποτώμενος Bis Acc.33; triumphal arch, 53.22,26, etc.: metaph., κάμπτειν ἐπῶν ἁψῖδας Th. 53. b. σελάνας ἐς δεκάταν ἁψῖδα in the moonʼs tenth orbit, i. e. the tenth month, Hymn.Is. 38. c. ἡ ἀνωτάτω ἁ. θεάτρου uppermost tier, 61.17. (ἅψῐδα in late Poets, Epigr.Gr. 440.9,445.4.)
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