κατάδυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dipping]]: hence, [[setting]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> of a river, [[descent into]] an underground course, <span class="bibl">Str.8.8.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[going down into]], [[descent]], Luc. <span class="title">VH</span>1.33. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[hiding-place]], [[hole]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[depth]], Sm.<span class="title">Ps.</span>68(69).3. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[θαλάμη]], Erot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ὕποφρον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[present world]] (as subject to [[decline]]), Aq.<span class="title">Ps.</span>16(17).14, Id., Sm.<span class="title">Ps.</span>48(49).2; so of [[human life]], Aq.<span class="title">Ps.</span>38 (39).6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> rendering of Hebr. [[miphleseth]] 'a thing to shudder at', <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>15.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> (καταδύω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>) [[ducking]] of the head in a bath, Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>48.</span>