ἀπουσίᾳ, ἀπουσιας, ἡ (ἀπειναι), absence: Php_2:12. (From Aeschylus down.)

ἀπουσία apousia 1x absence, Php_2:12

* ἀπουσία , -ας , ἡ ( < ἄπειμι ); 1. absence (Ζsch ., Thuc .): Php_2:12 , 2. deficiency, waste ( MM , s.v ).†

ἀπουσία [page 71] For ἀ . in the NT sense of absence ( Php_2:12 ), see P Amh II. 135 .5 (early ii/A.D.) μὴ ἀμελεῖν μου ἐν ἀπουσίᾳ τοιαύτῃ , not to forget me in my long absence, BGU I. 195 .38 (A.D. 161) κατα [φ ]ρονηθεὶς ἐκ τῆς περὶ [τὴ ]ν στρατίαν ἀπου [σί ]α [ς ] μου , ib. 242 .8 (Commodus) κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴ [ν ] ἀπουσίαν , P Gen I. 3 .11 (A.D. 175 80) κατὰ ἀπουσίαν . Elsewhere it is used in the sense of waste, deficiency, e.g. BGU IV. 1065 .15 (A.D. 97) δώσει ἑκάστου μναϊαίου [ὑπ ]ὲρ ἀπουσίας τετάρτην μίαν , P Oxy X. 1273 .32 (A.D. 260 a marriage contract) τ ]ὴ̣ν̣ τούτων πάν̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ τρῖψιν καὶ ἀπουσίαν εἶναι πρὸς τὸν γαμοῦντα the responsibility for the wear and loss of all these (Edd.). Cf. the use of the corresponding verb in Artem. I. 78, ὃ δὲ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα ἀπουσιάσει , cited by Suidas Lex. , where ἀπρεπές is given as a meaning of ἀπόν . Ἀπουσία was borrowed in Syriac to express a similar sense, as in the Acts of Thomas (iii/A.D.), according to Prof. R. H. Kennett (in a letter). The corresponding Greek ( Acta Thomae , ed. Tischendorf, p. 196) has βρῶσιν μηδεμίαν ὅλως ἀπουσίαν ἔχουσαν . But as late as P Oxy IX. 1223 .20 (late iv/A.D.) διὰ τὴν ἀπουσίαν τοῦ γεου̣χου is still owing to the absence of the landlord (Ed.).

ἀπουσία [Etym: ἄπειμι "absum"] "a being away, absence", Aesch. , Eur. , etc.

ἀπουσία, -ας, ἡ (ἄπειμι); __1. absence (Æsch., Thuc.): Php.2:12, __2. deficiency, waste (MM, s.v).† (AS)