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ὑπόφαυσις

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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225
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Transliteration A: hypóphausis Transliteration B: hypophausis Transliteration C: ypofafsis Beta Code: u(po/fausis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A narrow opening, in the bridge across the Hellespont, Hdt.7.36; in a testudo, Ph.Bel.99.39; αἱ θυρίδες δικτυωταί, ὑποφαύσεις κύκλῳ LXXEz.41.16.    II ὑποφαύσιας was read for ὑποφάσιας in Hp.Prog.2 by Artemidorus and Dioscurides ap.Gal. 18(2).52, but rejected by Gal. l. c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1238] ἡ, geringe, unmerkliche Erhellung, durch eine Oeffnung, ein Fenster, Her. 7, 36; übh. schmale Oeffnung, schmaler Zwischenraum.