ἄπο-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ,
I
1. separation, Anaxag. 4; κάθαρσις ἀ. χειρόνων ἀπὸ βελτιόνων Pl. Def. 415d.
2. Medic., excretion or secretion, γονῆς Hp. Genit. 2, σιτίων Vict. 4.93, cf. Arist. HA 582a4, Pr. 878a23, etc.; ἀ.σπερματική, περιττωματική, PA 681b35; σπέρματος Epicur. Nat.Herc. 908.3.
3. ἀ. νοσηρή exhalation, miasma, Hp. Nat.Hom. 9.
II (from Med.)
1. decision, answer, first in Thgn. 1167, cf. Hdt. 1.49, 5.50 codd. (ὑπόκρισις edd.), Hp. Decent. 3, Steril. 213, E. Fr. 977; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ ἐρώτημα Th. 3.60, cf. X. Hier. 1.35.
2. defence, Antipho 5.65.
3. rescript, Procop. Pers. 2.23; = responsum, Gloss.
4. embassy, commission, Chor. in RPhil. 1.79.
III a kind of dance, Hsch.
G612 — ἀπόκρισις
ἀποκρισεως, ἡ (ἀποκρίνομαι, see ἀποκρίνω), a replying, an answer: [Luk 2:47]; [Luk 20:26]; [Joh 1:22]; [Joh 19:9]. (From (Theognis, 1167, Bekker edition, 345, Welck. edition, and) Herodotus down.)
ἀπό - κρισις , - εως , ἡ
( < ἀποκρίνομαι ),
[in LXX for H1697, etc.;]
an answering, an answer: [Luk 2:47]; [Luk 20:26], [Joh 1:22]; [Joh 19:9]. †