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διακρά̆τ-ησις

diakratesis · ἡ

holding fast, retention

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What it meant

διακρά̆τ-ησις · diakrat-ēsis — LSJ

holding fast, retention, possession

holding fast, retention, σπέρματος Sor. 1.36, cf. Dsc. Ther.Praef.; control, Iamb. Myst. 1.9; possession, Sch. Th. 1.139, Suid. v. ἀόριστος: dub. in Eun. Hist. p.252 D.

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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