ἕξις,εως,ἡ, (ἔχω):
I. (ἔχωtrans.)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 θέσιςib. 15 .
II. (ἔχωintr.)a being in a certain state, a permanent conditionas produced by practice (πρᾶξις), diff. fromσχέσις(which is alterable) (v. infr.):
1. stateorhabitof 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.