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ἀνωμα^λ-ία , ἡ,
A.unevenness, irregularity, Pl.R.547a, Arist.HA495b2; of shape, Str.16.1.21; ἀ. τῶν στοιχείων, as cause of disease, Diocl.Fr.30: pl., Epicur.Ep.2p.53U.
2. Astron., irregular motion, anomaly, “ἀ. τῆς κινήσεως” Gem.1.20, cf. Ptol.Alm.3.3, etc.; ἀ. ἐκλειπτικαί, of the moon's orbit, Plu.Aem.17.
II. of conditions, irregularity, “ἀ. καὶ ταραχή” Isoc.2.6; “ἀ. τῆς κτήσεως” Arist.Pol.1270a15; “τύχης” D.S.20.30, cf. 18.59: pl., Vett.Val.38.17.
III. of persons, inconsistency, Aeschin.2.7 and 54, Plb.6.44.2, Plu.Alc.16; of style, unevenness, Id.2.45b.
IV. Gramm., deviation from rule, irregularity, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic.2.6, cf. Gell.2.25, etc.; variety, diversity, Arist.GA788a24, A.D.Adv.205.18.
V. indisposition, 'malaise', Hld.7.19, Gal.7.435.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 7
    • Isocrates, To Nicocles, 6
    • Plato, Republic, 547a
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.44.2
    • Strabo, Geography, 16.1.21
    • Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus, 17
    • Plutarch, Alcibiades, 16
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 18.59
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 20.30
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