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ἄσκ-ησις , εως, ἡ, (ἀσκέω)
A.exercise, practice, training, “ἐξ ἀσκήσιος ἀγαθοὶ γίνονται” Democr.242, cf. Protag.3, Pl.Prt.323d, al.; “γυμνασίων καὶ ἀσκησίων ἐπιμελόμενοι” Hp.VM4, cf. Th.2.39; “πολεμική” X. Cyr.8.1.34; “ἱππική” IG2.478b18: in pl.,exercises, “ἔθεσικαὶ ἀσκήσεσι” Pl. R.518e, cf. Plt.294d.
II. c. gen., ἄ. τινος practice of or in a thing, Th.5.67; “ἀρετῆς” X.Mem.1.2.20; “δειλίας ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀνδρείας” Pl.Lg. 791b.
III. generally, mode of life, profession, Luc.Vit.Auct.7; of a philosophical sect, “ἡ Κυνικὴ ἄ.” Id.Tox.27.
2. of religious sects, asceticism, Str.15.1.61,17.1.29, Ph.1.643,J.BJ2.8.10.
IV. adornment, “τῶν τριχῶν” Aeschin.Socr.18.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 2.8.10
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