συνίζησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[subsidence]], [[collapse]], of the earth, ἐς τὰ κοῖλα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mu.</span>396a3</span> (but [[γῆ]] [ἐγένετο] κατὰ συνίζησιν (sc. [[τοῦ ὕδατος]]) Sch.<span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>115</span>); οἰκοδομημάτων <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>2</span>: metaph., <span class="bibl">Plot.2.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[synizesis]], [[melting of two vowels into one]], without alteration of letters, as in [[πόλεως]], [[μὴ οὐ]], etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>735.36</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Heph.2.1</span>; but = [[συγκοπή]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>279.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[compression]] of air, Hero <span class="title">Spir.Praef.</span></span>