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ἕξις , εως, ἡ, (ἔχω):
I. (ἔχω trans.) having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opp. κτῆσις, Pl.Tht.197b; “νοῦ” Id.Cra. 414b; “ἡ τῶν ὅπλων” Id.Lg.625c, cf. R.433e, Sph.247a, al., Arist. Metaph.1022b4; opp. στέρησις, ib.1055b13, S.E.P.3.49.
2. in surgery, posture, Hp.Off.3; ἕ. ἢ θέσις ib.15.
II. (ἔχω intr.) a being in a certain state, a permanent condition as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), diff. from σχέσις (which is alterable) (v. infr.):
1. state or habit of body, Id.Aph.2.34, cf. Pl.Tht.153b; ἕ. ὑγιεινή (so also X.Mem.1.2.4), opp. διάθεσις ἀθλητική, Hp.Alim.34; “σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη” Id.Mochl.41; “ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ.” Id.Acut.43: pl., Thphr. Sens.69: generally, condition, “ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν” D.H.Comp. 25; “ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος” Hp.Art.12; “τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι” Polystr. p.26W.; outward appearance, “ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων” LXXDa. 1.15, cf. 1 Ki.16.7, Sm.La.4.7; habit of a vine, Thphr.CP3.14.5; of material objects, “ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι” S.E.M.7.102, cf. Ph.2.511, Stoic.2.124,al.
b. medic., the system, Ath.2.45e, Mnesith. ib.54b, Paul.Aeg.3.59.
2. state or habit of mind, “ἕ. κακίης” Democr. 184; “τὰς φύσεις τε καὶ ἕξεις τῶν ψυχῶν” Pl.Lg.650b, etc.; ἡ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἕ., opp. ἡ τῶν σωμάτων ἕ., Id.Tht.l.c.; πονηρᾶς ψυχῆς ἕξει ib.167b; “λαμβάνειν ἕξιν τιμιωτέραν” Id.R.591b.
b. esp. acquired habit, opp. ἐνέργεια, Arist.EN1098b33,al.
3. trained habit, skill, Pl.Phdr. 268e, Arist.Pr.955b1, Plb.10.47.7, D.S.2.29; τέχνη defined as “ἕ. ἢ διάθεσις ἀπὸ παρατηρήσεως” Phld.Rh.1.69S.; “ἄκρα ἕ.” D.H.Comp.11: c. gen., τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν γραμμάτων ἕξιν Aristeas 121; “ἕ. πολιτικῶν λόγων” Phld.Rh.2.35 S. (Almost confined to Prose, but cf. Orph.A. 391.)
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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