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ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
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English (LSJ)
Dor. σᾶψις, εως, ἡ, (σήπομαι)
A fermentation, putrefaction, decay, αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες Emp.121; ὑγρῶν σάψιες Ti.Locr. 102c, cf. Arist.HA569a28; τὸ τέλος τῆς κατὰ φύσιν φθορᾶς σ. ἐστιν Id.Mete.379a8; σ. χλωρή Hp.Prorrh.1.99; σ. ὀστέων,= σφάκελος, Moer.p.342P. II (σήπω) the process by which the intestines reject that part of food which is not nutritious, opp. πέψις, Arist.GA762a14, cf. Ath.7.276d, and v. σήπω 11.4. (Acc. to Gal.19.373 Empedocles said that πέψις took place σήψει.)
