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crasis

[ krey-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

, plural cra·ses [krey, -seez].

crasis

/ ˈkreɪsɪs /

Origin of crasis¹

1595–1605; < Greek krâsis mixture, blend, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -sis -sis

Origin of crasis¹

C17: from Greek krasis a mingling, from kerannunai to mix

For the Irascible passions do follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver.

The prevailing intermittent fevers, he says, gave place to a new epidemic depending upon a manifest crasis of the air.

Nevertheless, he was led to surmise a crasis of the two sexes in persons subject to sexual inversion.

Other examples of lengthening are 'bathos', 'pathos', while the long quantity is of course kept in 'colon' and 'crasis'.

The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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