ἄπ-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
thrusting or driving away, διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀνέμου ἄπωσιν αὐτῶν[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 repulsion, opposed to ἕλξις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 243a19.] Refs 4th c.BC+]