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.
3. negation, privation, Arist.Rh.1408a7, Cat.12a26, Metaph.1004b27, Thphr.HP1.2.5; περὶ τῶν κατὰ στέρησιν λεγομένων on negatives, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic.2.5.