σπάσις

εως, ἡ

σπάω

A. drawing up, traction, Arist. Pr. 882b27.
II. drawing in, suction, ἡ τῆς τροφῆς ς. Id. PA 693a17; σπάσει πίνειν, opp. λάψει, κάψει, Id. HA 595a9; cf. σπάω 111.1.
III. = ἀντίσπασις, cj. for στάσις in Sor. 2.11.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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