ὑποστολή
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fasting, Plu.2.129c, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.20.6. 2 omission of a letter, τοῦ ῑ A.D.Adv.187.22: generally, removal, Id.Pron.91.26, al. II shrinking, timidity, evasion, Ep.Hebr.10.39, Hsch.; δι' ὑποστολῆς holding back, Ascl.Tact.10.21; μετά τινος ὑ. with a certain reserve, Phld.Rh.1.108 S. III concealment, dissimulation, J.BJ2.14.2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποστολή: ἡ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐλάττωσις τῆς τροφῆς, περιορισμὸς τῆς διαίτης, Πλούτ. 2. 129C, 475F, Ὀρειβάσ. 105 Cocch. 2) ἡ ἀποβολὴ γράμματος, Α. Β. 600, 30. ΙΙ. «δειλία, φυγὴ» Ἡσύχ., προβλ. Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἐβρ. ι΄, 39.
