ἕξις, εως, ἡ,
(ἔχω):
__I (ἔχω transitive) having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opposed to κτῆσις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197b; νοῦ [prev. author] “Cra.” 414b; ἡ τῶν ὅπλων [prev. author] “Lg.” 625c, compare “R.” 433e, “Sph.” 247a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1022b4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to στέρησις,[[ [prev. work] 1055b13, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.49. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.2 in surgery, posture, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3; ἕ. ἢ θέσις [prev. work] 15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II (ἔχω intransitive) a being in a certain state, a permanent condition as produced by practice (πρᾶξις), different from σχέσις (which is alterable) (see. below):
__II.1 state or habit of body, [[ [prev. author] “Aph.” 2.34, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. ὑγιεινή (so also [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4), opposed to διάθεσις ἀθλητική, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 34; σχέσις καὶ ἕ. καὶ ἡλικίη [prev. author] “Mochl.” 41; ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕ. [prev. author] “Acut.” 43: _plural_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, condition, ἐν ἕξει τοῦ δρᾶν [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25; ἕ. λεπτὴ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 12; τῷ θερμὴν ἕ. ἔχοντι 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.26W. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; outward appearance, ἡ ἕ. τοῦ σώματος κρείσσων [[ LXX.Dan.1.15, cf. LXX.1Ki.16.7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Lam.4.7] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; habit of a vine, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.14.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of material objects, ὑπὸ μιᾶς ἕξεως συνέχεσθαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.102, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.124, +others ] Refs 1st c.AD+]