The corpus record

ἀχάνεια

achaneia · ἡ

immensity, infinite expanse

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Where it lives

Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant — LSJ

immensity, infinite expanse, infinite void

immensity, infinite expanse, τοῦ ὀπίσω καὶ πρόσω αἰῶνος M.Ant. 12.7; infinite void, Syrian. in Metaph. 60.5; εἰς ἀ. λήγειν Olymp. in Mete. 82.22; ἡ τοῦ ἀπείρου ἀστάθμητος ἀ. Dam. Pr. 53.

2 wide opening, cavity

Medic., wide opening, cavity, Heliod. (?) ap. Orib. 46.19.12, Paul.Aeg. 6.107.

In the wild

ἀχάνειαν · achaneian Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2026)

Where it came from

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