στέρ-ησις, alsoστέρ-εσις(q.v.),εως,ἡ,
A. deprivation, loss, of a thing, ἀρχῆς
Th. 2.63
; πνεύματος
Pl. Lg. 865b
; ς. αἰσθήσεως ὁ θάνατος
Epicur. Ep. 3p.60U.
; ς. τῆς ἀναπνοῆς
Gal. 15.795
;ς. τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀφθαλμῶν, i.e. blindness, Hp. Judic. 42 , Gal. 17(1).401 .
2. confiscation, πλοίου
OGI 572.22
(Myra,ii/iii A.D., dub. l., fort.στέρεσις).
3. negation, privation, Arist. Rh. 1408a7 , Cat. 12a26 , Metaph. 1004b27 , Thphr. HP 1.2.5 ;περὶ τῶν κατὰ στέρησιν λεγομένων on negatives, title of work by Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.5 .