σηπεδών

English (LSJ)

όνος, ἡ, (σήπομαι)

   A decay, putrefaction, in animal bodies or wood, or even stone, Hp.Epid.3.4, Antipho Soph.15, Pl.Phd.110e, Thphr.CP6.1.5; σηπεδόνα λαβεῖν Pl.Phd.96b.    2 of live flesh, mortification, of two kinds, σ. χλωρή (v. σῆψις) when a humour discharges, and ξηρή when it is dry, Hp.Epid.5.4.    II pl., putrid humours, Id.Aph.3.16 (sg. in 7.20), Plb. 1.81.7, Com.Adesp.344, etc.    III a serpent whose bite causes putrefaction, Nic.Th.327, Ael. NA15.18.