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ὅρ-ᾱσις

orasis · ἡ

seeing, the act of sight

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὅρ-ᾱσις · hor-asis — LSJ

seeing, the act of sight, act, power of sight

seeing, the act of sight, Demad. 3, Arist. EN 1174a14, Men. 123, etc. ; distd. as the ἐνέργεια or act from ὄψις (the sense or faculty), Arist. de An. 426a13, cf. 428a7; but, power of sight, SIG 1141 (Thrace).

2 eyes

pl., eyes, τὰς ὁ. ἐκκόπτειν D.S. 2.6, cf. D.H. 8.45, Plu. Util. 2.88d : metaph., as title of the daughter-goddess of the Sun, ὅρασιν αὑτοῦ (sc. τοῦ Ἡλίου) OGI 56.56 (Canopus, iii B. C.).

II a vision

a vision, LXX Jl. 2.28, Act.Ap. 2.17 (pl.).

III appearance

appearance, ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι Apoc. 4.3; ὁ μεταμορφούμενος ἐν ταῖς ὁράσεσιν PLeid.W. 13.36.

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Where it came from

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