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λῆξις

lexis2 · ἡ

cessation, death, decease, termination

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What it meant

λῆξις · lēxis — LSJ

cessation

cessation, μόχθων, ἀνέμων, A. Eu. 505 (lyr.), A.R. 1.1086; of the flow of a river, Ph. 1.175; τῆς ἐνεργείας λῆξιν λαμβανούσης Gal. Phil.Hist. 17, cf. M.Ant. 9.21.

2 death, decease

death, decease, PMasp. 19.6 (vi A.D.), etc.

II termination

Gramm., termination, A.D. Synt. 104.28; λ. ἡ εἰς ς̄ Id. Adv. 195.27.

III end, extremity

end, extremity, τοῦ κόλου Sor. 1.7.

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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