ἔπαρσις

εως, ἡ

ἐπαίρω

A. rising, swelling, κοιλίης Hp. Coac. 85; τῶν μαστῶν Arist. HA 581a27; ἐ. ἰονθώδεις eruptions accompanying the sprouting of the beard, Thphr. Sud. 16.
2. lifting up, χειρῶν LXX Ps. 140(141).2.
3. devastation, ib.La. 3.47; in concrete, heap of ruins, ib.4 Ki. 19.25 (pl.).
4. raising, erection(?), τοῦ θυρέτρου IG 11(2).287 A 116, B 153 (Delos, iii B. C.).
b. αἰδοίων Arist. HA 572b2.
5. elevation, projection, of a machine, Hero Aut. 28.2.
II. elation, ψυχῆς Zeno Stoic. 1.51 (pl.), cf. Chrysipp.ib.3.116; ἡδονή, = ἄλογος ἔ. Stoic. 3.95, al., Andronic. Rhod. p.570M., cf. LXX Za. 12.7.
2. elevation of style, τοῦ λόγου Thom.Mag.p.175R.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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