ὑποχώρησις
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A retirement, retreat, πεδιναὶ ὑ. retirements by the plains, Plb.1.34.8; πελαγίαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὑ. make one's retreat by sea, Id.1.28.9; αἰδὼς τολμήσεως ὑ. Pl.Def.412c. b ebb of the tide, Aristid.Quint.3.7 (pl.). c cession of property, POxy.67.20 (iv A. D.). 2 retiring-place, retreat, Luc.Hipp.5, CIG3705 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum). II ὑ. τῆς γαστρός an evacuation of the bowels by stool, Hp. Morb.3.16, Gal.6.649: abs., Hp.Aph.4.83, Epid.7.3,5, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.15, Mnesith. ap. Orib.8.38.3. III the vent, Arist.HA594a13.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποχώρησις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ὑποχωρεῖν, ἀποσύρεσθαι, ὀπισθοδρόμησις, ὑποχ. πεδιναί, τῆς ξηρᾶς, Πολύβ. 1. 34, 8· πελαγίαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὑπ., ὑποχωρεῖν διὰ θαλάσσης, αὐτόθι 28. 9· ὑπ. τολμήσεως Πλάτ. Ὅρ. 412C. 2) τόπος εἰς ὃν καταφεύγει ὁ ὑποχωρῶν, καταφύγιον, Λουκ. Ἱππ. 5, Συλλ. Ἐπιγραφ. 3705. ΙΙ. ὑπ. τῆς γαστρός, κένωσις τῆς κοιλίας κάτωθεν, Ἱππ. 1208D· ἀπολ., ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀφορ. 1252, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζῷα Ἱστ. 8. 4, 2· πρβλ. ὑποχώρημα.
