ἀπουσία

ἀπεῖναι

A. absence, A. Ag. 1259, E. Hec. 962, Th. 1.70, Ep.Phil. 2.12, etc.
II. waste, as in smelting ore, Arist. Mete. 383b3, Agatharch. 28; τρῖψις καὶ ἀ. POxy. 1273.32 (iii A.D.).
III. = ἀποσπερματισμός, Plu. 2.364d.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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