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ἔκφρᾰσις

ekphrasis · ἡ

description

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What it meant

ἔκφρᾰσις · ekphrasis — LSJ

description, descriptive of works of art

description, D.H. Rh. 10.17 (pl.), Luc. Hist.Conscr. 20, Hermog. Prog. 10, Aphth. Prog. 12, etc.; title of works descriptive of works of art, as that of Callistratus.

II

= ἐπιθυμία, Hsch.

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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