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χαύν-ωσις

chaunosis · ἡ

making slack

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What it meant — LSJ

making slack, loose

making slack or loose, opp. στέγνωσις, S.E. P. 1.238.

2 void space, interval

void space or interval, Gp. 10.75.17.

II making confused, mystification

metaph., making confused, mystification, χ. ἀναπειστηρία Ar. Nu. 875 (ubi v. Sch.).

2 puffing up

puffing up, χαύνωσιν ἐργάζεσθαι Phld. Rh. 1.219S.: pl., Iamb. VP 15. 64.

3 relaxation, relief

relaxation, relief, Alex.Trall. 4.1.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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