σηπεδών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=όνος, ἡ, (σήπομαι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[decay]], [[putrefaction]], in animal bodies or wood, or even stone, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110e</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.1.5</span>; σηπεδόνα λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>96b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of live flesh, [[mortification]], of two kinds, <b class="b3">σ. χλωρή</b> (v. [[σῆψις]]) when a humour discharges, and [[ξηρή]] when it is dry, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> pl., [[putrid humours]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.16</span> (sg. in <span class="bibl">7.20</span>), <span class="bibl">Plb. 1.81.7</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>344, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[a serpent whose bite causes putrefaction]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>327</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">NA</span>15.18</span>.</span>

|elnltext=σηπεδών -όνος, ἡ [σήπω] verrotting, ontbinding.