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κατάκλᾰσις

kataklasis · ἡ

forced position

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What it meant

κατάκλᾰσις · kataklasis — LSJ

forced position

forced position, τῶν ἄρθρων Hp. Epid. 6.1.15 (pl.).

2 drooping

κ. ὄμματος drooping of the eyelid, Id. Prorrh. 1.84 (vv. ll. -κλισις, -κλεισις), cf. Epid. 6.1.15, Gal. 16.675.

II refraction

refraction of light or sound, opp. ἀνάκλασις (reflexion), Arist. Pr. 901b20, 904b30, Cleom. 2.6.

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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