κατάδυσις: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dipping</b>: hence, <b class="b2">setting</b>, of stars, in pl., <span class="bibl">Hipparch. 2.6.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>140</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κ. εὐλογιστίας</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀνατολὴ ἀφροσύνης</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.415</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of a river, <b class="b2">descent into</b> an underground course, <span class="bibl">Str.8.8.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">going down into, descent</b>, Luc. <span class="title">VH</span>1.33. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">hiding-place, hole</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Am.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.315</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.11</span>. <span class="bibl">477d</span>, Gal.11.167 (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">depth</b>, Sm.<span class="title">Ps.</span>68(69).3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[θαλάμη]], Erot. s.v. [[ὕποφρον]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">present world</b> (as subject to <b class="b2">decline</b>), Aq.<span class="title">Ps.</span>16(17).14, Id., Sm.<span class="title">Ps.</span>48(49).2; so of <b class="b2">human life</b>, Aq.<span class="title">Ps.</span>38 (39).6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> rendering of Hebr. <b class="b2">miphleseth</b> 'a thing to shudder at', <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>15.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> (καταδύω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>) <b class="b2">ducking</b> of the head in a bath, Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>48.</span>

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