ὑπονόστησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A retirement, sinking, subsiding, θαλάσσης Plu. Ant.3; of the Nile, Hld.9.22 (pl.); ὑ. ἀέρος εἰς γῆν, as a definition of an earthquake, Anaxag. ap. D.L.2.9; τοῦ θερμοῦ Gal.1.689: metaph., ἀλαζονείας Ph.Fr.102 H.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1227] ἡ, Rückkehr, – das Heruntergehen, Sinken, Plut. Ant. 3; καὶ αὐξήσεις, vom Nil, Mel. 9, 23.