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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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|Transliteration C=yfesis
|Transliteration C=yfesis
|Beta Code=u(/fesis
|Beta Code=u(/fesis
|Definition=εως, ἡ, (ὑφίημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[letting down]], [[slackening]], of strings in music, Plu.2.389e; τῆς φωνῆς Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.9.5</span>; [[relaxation]], σωμάτων μυωδῶν Gal.19.403; of the pulse, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Syn.Puls.</span>6.5</span>; [[lowering]], τῶν ἀκοντίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>38.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[complaisance]], ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Ant.</span>24</span>; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους Id.2.808c; χάρις . . ὕφεσις ἀκριβείας ἐν δέοντι Favorin. ap. Gell.1.3.27. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ὑφαίρεσις]] 111, <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Pron.</span>51.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span> 36.33</span>; ἡ ὕ. τῆς προθέσεως <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Conj.</span>247.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Arithm., [[subtraction]], <span class="bibl">David <span class="title">Proll.</span>54.20</span>; [[lowering]] of numbers, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.187</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[descent in the scale]], [[abasement]], <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.618</span> S., <span class="title">Inst.</span>29, al.; joined with <b class="b3">ὑπόβασις</b> (q. v.), Aristid. Quint.3.10; κατὰ ὕφεσιν <span class="bibl">Dam. <span class="title">Pr.</span>34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">69</span>,<span class="bibl">91</span>; [[subordination]], [[subjection]] as a form of relation, <span class="bibl">Elias <span class="title">in Porph.</span>203.5</span>:—<b class="b3">ἐν ὑφέσει· ἐν ἐλαττώσει</b>, Hsch.</span>
|Definition=εως, ἡ, (ὑφίημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[letting down]], [[slackening]], of strings in music, Plu.2.389e; τῆς φωνῆς Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.9.5</span>; [[relaxation]], σωμάτων μυωδῶν Gal.19.403; of the pulse, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Syn.Puls.</span>6.5</span>; [[lowering]], τῶν ἀκοντίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>38.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[complaisance]], ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Ant.</span>24</span>; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους Id.2.808c; χάρις . . ὕφεσις ἀκριβείας ἐν δέοντι Favorin. ap. Gell.1.3.27. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ὑφαίρεσις]] 111, <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Pron.</span>51.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span> 36.33</span>; ἡ ὕ. τῆς προθέσεως <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Conj.</span>247.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Arithm., [[subtraction]], <span class="bibl">David <span class="title">Proll.</span>54.20</span>; [[lowering]] of numbers, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.187</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[descent in the scale]], [[abasement]], <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.618</span> S., <span class="title">Inst.</span>29, al.; joined with [[ὑπόβασις]] (q. v.), Aristid. Quint.3.10; κατὰ ὕφεσιν <span class="bibl">Dam. <span class="title">Pr.</span>34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">69</span>,<span class="bibl">91</span>; [[subordination]], [[subjection]] as a form of relation, <span class="bibl">Elias <span class="title">in Porph.</span>203.5</span>:—<b class="b3">ἐν ὑφέσει· ἐν ἐλαττώσει</b>, Hsch.</span>
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Transliteration A: hýphesis Transliteration B: hyphesis Transliteration C: yfesis Beta Code: u(/fesis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ὑφίημι)

   A letting down, slackening, of strings in music, Plu.2.389e; τῆς φωνῆς Antyll. ap. Orib.6.9.5; relaxation, σωμάτων μυωδῶν Gal.19.403; of the pulse, Ruf.Syn.Puls.6.5; lowering, τῶν ἀκοντίων Arr.Tact.38.3.    2 complaisance, ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων Plu. Ant.24; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους Id.2.808c; χάρις . . ὕφεσις ἀκριβείας ἐν δέοντι Favorin. ap. Gell.1.3.27.    II = ὑφαίρεσις 111, A.D. Pron.51.5, EM 36.33; ἡ ὕ. τῆς προθέσεως A.D.Conj.247.12.    2 Arithm., subtraction, David Proll.54.20; lowering of numbers, Ph.1.187.    III descent in the scale, abasement, Procl. in Prm.p.618 S., Inst.29, al.; joined with ὑπόβασις (q. v.), Aristid. Quint.3.10; κατὰ ὕφεσιν Dam. Pr.34, cf. 69,91; subordination, subjection as a form of relation, Elias in Porph.203.5:—ἐν ὑφέσει· ἐν ἐλαττώσει, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὕφεσις: -εως, ἡ, (ὑφίημι) χαλάρωσις, ταπείνωσις, χαμήλωμα, Λατ. remissio, Πλούτ. 2. 389Ε, κλπ.· τῆς φωνῆς Ἄντυλλ. παρ’ Ὀρειβασ. 93 Matth. 2) ῥᾳθυμίᾳ, νωθρότης, ἀδράνεια, ἐπί τινος Πλουτ. Ἀντ. 24· πρός τινα ὁ αὐτ. 2. 808C. II. = ὑφαίρεσις ΙΙΙ. Ἐτυμ. Μέγ. 86, 33. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ὕφεσις· ὑπένδοσις, ταπείνωσις, ἐλάττωσσις, χάλασις», πρβλ. Σουΐδ. κ. Φώτ. ἐν λέξει.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
1 relâchement, détente (des cordes d’un instrument, etc.);
2 fig. condescendance, concession, complaisance : ἐπί τινος au sujet de qch ; πρός τινα pour qqn.
Étymologie: ὑφίημι.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὕφεσις: εως ἡ ὑφίημι
1) ослабление, понижение (sc. τόνου Plut.);
2) уступчивость, снисхождение (ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων и πρὸς τοὺς φίλους Plut.).