- κρᾶσις
- κρᾶσις εως, ἡ ([dialect] Ion. [full] κρῆσις Hp.Vict.1.32): ([etym.] κεράννυμι):—A mixing, blending of things which form a compound, as wine and water, opp. mechanical mixture (defined as an εἶδος μίξεως in which the constituents are liquids, Arist.Top.122b26, cf. Stoic.2.153; περὶ κράσεως, title of work by Alex.Aphr.): first in A.,
τὴν δευτέραν γε κ. ἥρωσιν νέμω Fr.55
, cf. Staphyl.9, Ath.10.426b (pl.); κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων modes of compounding . . , A. Pr.482;ἡ τῶν ἐναντίων κ. Pl. Lg.889c
;τὴν τῶν νεύρων φύσιν ἐξ ὀστοῦ καὶ σαρκὸς κράσεως . . συνεκεράσατο Id.Ti.74d
;ἐκ κράσεως πρὸς ἄλληλα Id.Tht.152d
;τὴν ἁρμονίαν κ. καὶ σύνθεσιν ἐναντίων εἶναι Arist. de An.407b31
;χρωμάτων ἀκριβὴς κ. Luc.Zeux.5
, cf. Arist.Col.792a4.2 temperature of the air, κρᾶσιν ὑγρὰν οὐκ ἔχων [αἰθήρ] E.Fr.779.2; τὰς ὥρας κ. ἔχειν τοιαύτην ὥστε . . Pl.Phd.111b, cf. Poll.6.178; ἡ κ. τῶν ὡρέων temperate climate, Hp. Aër.12; ὅσα περὶ κράσεις climates, Arist.Pr.lib.xivtit.3 temperament, of the body or mind, κ. σώματος ib.871a24, cf. 953a30; διανοίας ib.909a17; κ. μελαγχολική ib.954b8: pl.,αἱ τῶν σωμάτων κράσιες Ti.Locr.103a
, cf. Plot.3.1.6: so in Medic., Hp.Nat.Hom.4, etc.; περὶ κράσεων, title of work by Galen.4 metaph., combination, union,κ. καὶ ἁρμονία τούτων ἡ ψυχή Pl.Phd.86b
, cf. 59a;μουσικῆς καὶ γυμναστικῆς κ. Id.R.441e
, etc.5 Gramm., crasis, i.e. the combination of the vowels of two syllables into one long vowel or diphthong, e.g. τοὔνομα for τὸ ὄνομα, ἁνήρ for ὁ ἀνήρ, τἆρα for τοι ἄρα, A.D.Adv.128.2, EM822.56, etc.; also, synaeresis of vowels, e.g. εὖ for ἐΰ, ib.392.54; but opp. ἔκθλιψις and συναίρεσις, An.Ox.1.371.
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