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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[emptying]], [[depletion]], <b class="b3">οὐχὶ πεῖνα καὶ δίψα… κενώσεις τινές εἰσι</b>… ; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>585b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>35b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>904.13</span> (ii A.D.): —poet. κενέωσις, πόντου κ. ἀνὰ πέδον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107.12</span>: metaph., κένωσις βίου <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.190.30</span>; κ. τοῦ γιγνώσκειν <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[evacuation]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.8</span>, interpol.in Dsc.2.50; <b class="b3">κ. τῶν οἰκείων</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κάθαρσις τῶν ἀλλοτρίων</b>, Gal.18(2).134. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[depletion]], [[low diet]], opp. [[πλήρωσις]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>49</span>; <b class="b3">κ. σίτου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">50</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of the moon, [[waning]], opp. [[πλήρωσις]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.40U.</span></span>