ὑπονοστέω
From LSJ
τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν → it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis
English (LSJ)
A go down, sink, Arist.Mete.367a24, Plu.Them.15; settle, of a stack of wood, Hdt.4.62; of the earth in an earthquake, Arist.Mete.365b12; of a river, ὑ. ἀνδρὶ ὡς ἐς μέσον μηρόν Hdt.1.191, cf. Th.3.89, Plu.2.366e; of humours, εἰς τὸ βάθος Gal.6.254. 2 settle, turn into a thing, εἰς χλευασμὸν καὶ γέλωτα Plu.2.811e: metaph., sink, decline, ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ ὑ. πρὸς τὸ εὐκαταφρόνητον Longin.3.1; πρὸς τὸ μὴ ὄν Dam.Pr.440; of the aged, decline in years, Poll.2.21.
