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|Full diacritics=σῆψις
|Medium diacritics=σῆψις
|Low diacritics=σήψις
|Capitals=ΣΗΨΙΣ
|Transliteration A=sē̂psis
|Transliteration B=sēpsis
|Transliteration C=sipsis
|Beta Code=sh=yis
|Definition=Dor. σᾶψις, εως, ἡ, (σήπομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fermentation, putrefaction, decay</b>, αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες <span class="bibl">Emp.121</span>; ὑγρῶν σάψιες <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr. 102c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>569a28</span>; τὸ τέλος τῆς κατὰ φύσιν φθορᾶς σ. ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>379a8</span>; σ. χλωρή <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.99</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ὀστέων</b>,= <b class="b3">σφάκελος</b>, Moer.<span class="bibl">p.342P.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (σήπω) <b class="b2">the process by which the intestines reject that part of food which is not nutritious</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πέψις</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>762a14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.276d</span>, and v. [[σήπω]] <span class="bibl">11.4</span>. (Acc. to Gal.19.373 Empedocles said that <b class="b3">πέψις</b> took place <b class="b3">σήψει</b>.)</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0876.png Seite 876]] ἡ, 1) Fäulniß, Gährung; Tim. Locr. 101 a; Plat. Ax. 365 d; Arist. H. A. 6, 15. Bei Hippocr. auch Verdauung, vgl. aber Arist. gen. an. 3, 11. – 2) das Faulmachen, Sp.
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