κρᾶσις εως , ἡ( Ion.
κρῆσις
Hp. Vict. 1.32 ): (κεράννυμι):—
A. mixing, blendingof things which form a compound, as wine and water, opp. mechanical mixture (defined as anεἶδος μίξεωςin which the constituents are liquids, Arist. Top. 122b26 , cf. Stoic. 2.153 ;περὶ κράσεως, title of work by Alex.Aphr. ): first in A. , τὴν δευτέραν γε κ. ἥρωσιν νέμω
Fr. 55
, cf. Staphyl. 9 , Ath. 10.426b (pl.);κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων modes of compounding. . , A. Pr. 482 ; ἡ τῶν ἐναντίων κ.
Pl. Lg. 889c
; τὴν τῶν νεύρων φύσιν ἐξ ὀστοῦ καὶ σαρκὸς κράσεως . . συνεκεράσατο
Id. Ti. 74d
; ἐκ κράσεως πρὸς ἄλληλα
Id. Tht. 152d
; τὴν ἁρμονίαν κ. καὶ σύνθεσιν ἐναντίων εἶναι
Arist. de An. 407b31
; χρωμάτων ἀκριβὴς κ.