ἀφᾰν-ισμός,ὁ,
A. extermination, destruction,
Plb. 5.11.5 ; πόλεων
D.S. 15.48
; σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς
Plu. 2.107d
; ἀφανισμῷ ἀφανίζειν
LXX De. 7.2
.
II. =foreg. 11 , Arist. HA 580b21 , Luc. Alex. 19 ; ἄστρων
Thphr. Sign. 2
(pl.), cf. Cleom. 2.5 ;occultation,Theo Sm. p.137 H.;Περὶ ἀ. ἡλιακῶν,title of work by Eudoxus, onoccultationsof stars by the sun, Phld. D. 1.21 ; τῆς σελήνης
Plu. 2.670c
; ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ
Ep.Hebr. 8.13
.