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MorphologyDictionary- Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon
- ἐποχή, ἡ, ἐπέχω
check, cessation,
ἡ κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐ. Plb.38.11.2; μετ' ἐποχῆσ with a check,
Id.10.23.4; ἐποχὰς ποιεῖν..τῆς προκοπῆσ to check
advance, Plu.2.76d, cf. Plot.6.2.13. 2. retention,
σπέρματοσ Gal.8.420; οὔρων Philum.Ven.25.2; σκυβάλων Sor.2.20; ἀναπνοῆσ (in hysteria) ib.26; γαστρόσ Gal.6.315; but ἐ. ἐμμήνων suppression
(not retention
) of the menses, Sor.2.6, al. II. Philos., suspension of judgement,
Metrod.Herc.831.6, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.39, Cic.Acad.Pr. 2.18.59, Arr.Epict.1.4.11, S.E.P.1.10, Gal.1.40, etc. 2. suspense
of payment, etc., τὰ ἐν ἐποχῇ ἕως ὁρισμοῦ καρπῶν BGU599.3(ii A.D.), cf. PRyl.214.34 (ii A.D.), etc. III. stoppage, pause,
of light during an eclipse, Plu.2.923b. 2. Astron., position
as referred to celestial or terrestrial latitude and longitude, Ptol.Alm.7.4, 12.8; πόλεων ib.2.13 (pl.); ἀστέρων ἐποχαί positions
(longitudes) of stars in a horoscope, Plu.Rom.12; αἱ φαινόμεναι τῆς σελήνης ἐ., opp. αἱ οὖσαι, Procl.Hyp.4.49. b. fixed point in time
in reference to which positions are defined and from which their changes are computed, epoch,
Ptol.Alm.3.9; perh. also position at such a fixed point
(also called epoch
), ib.3.7. 3. in Musical theory, period
of vibration, Nicom.Harm.3(pl.).
- William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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