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Αἰθέριον ὕψος
etherial height
… recurrent: a philosophical passage (variously credited to Theophrastus, Zeno and
Posidonius)
which includes the phrase ai( pro\s ai)qe/rion u(/yos u(perbolai (of mountains).
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513
Ἐκνεφίας
cloud-produced
… detailed definition of this kind of winds is provided by
Posidonius
fr.337a, lines 9ff. For an occurrence in comic poetry see Alexis fr. 46.5 Kock = 47.5 K.-A. A different specific meaning, peculiar to …
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953
Ἔμβολον
wedge, wedge-formation
… The word sfendonoeide/s is only attested by a fragment of
Posidonius
(98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, …
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