ἄμπωτις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, for <b class="b3">ἀνάπωτις</b> (ἀναπίνομαι), v. infr.:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">being sucked back</b>, i.e. of sea, <b class="b2">ebb</b>, opp., <b class="b3">πλημμυρίς</b> or <b class="b3">ῥαχία</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">ῥηχίη</b>), <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl">7.198</span>, <span class="bibl">8.129</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>366a19</span>, <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.17, <span class="bibl">Agatharch. 32</span>, etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">ebb and flow, tides</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>396a26</span>, <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span> 45, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.14.6</span>.—The full form ἀνάπωτις only <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 9.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Scymn.110</span>, and later Prose, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.14.2</span> (s. v.l.), <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Ind.</span>22.8</span>: gen. <b class="b3">-πώτιδος</b>, <span class="bibl">Agatharch.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">retiring of a stream</b>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span> 130</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., τῆς ἀδολεσχίας ὥσπερ ἄμπωτιν λαβούσης Plu. 2.502d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">return of humours</b> inward from surface of body, ἄ. τῶν χυμῶν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Hum.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Erot.<span class="title">Fr.</span>8</span>; of blood in the lungs, <span class="bibl">Gal. <span class="title">UP</span>6.10</span>.</span>