στέρησις
εως, ἡ
A.
deprivation, loss, of a thing, ἀρχῆς Th. 2.63; πνεύματος Pl. Lg. 865b; ς. αἰσθήσεως ὁ θάνατος Epicur. Ep. 3p.60U.; ς. τῆς ἀναπνοῆς Gal. 15.795; ς. τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀφθαλμῶν, i.e. blindness, Hp. Judic. 42, Gal. 17(1).401.
2.
confiscation, πλοίου OGI 572.22 (Myra, ii/iii A.D., dub. l., fort. στέρεσις).
3.
negation, privation, Arist. Rh. 1408a7, Cat. 12a26, Metaph. 1004b27, Thphr. HP 1.2.5; περὶ τῶν κατὰ στέρησιν λεγομένων on negatives, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.5.