The corpus record

μάραν-σις

maransis · ἡ

causing to die away

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Where it lives

De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 2 · 10.88/10k
De Respiratione 6 · 9.88/10k

What it meant

μάραν-σις · maran-sis — LSJ

causing to die away

causing to die away, μ. πυρός, opp. σβέσις, Arist. Juv. 469b22, cf. Resp. 474b20; of the sunʼs action on wind, Id. Mete. 361b21.

II dying, fading away

dying or fading away, ib. 372b19 (pl.); μαράνσει τὸν βίον ἐκλείπειν Id. Pr. 871b17; διὰ μαράνσεως καὶ λήθης Porph. Abst. 1.32.

In the wild

μάρανσίν · maransin Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 35)
μάρανσιν · maransin Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 36)
μάρανσις · maransis Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 177)
μάρανσις · maransis Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 177)
μάρανσις · maransis Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 178)
μάρανσις · maransis Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 81)

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