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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[go down]], [[sink]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>367a24</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>15</span>; [[settle]], of a stack of wood, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span>; of the earth in an earthquake, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>365b12</span>; of a river, ὑ. ἀνδρὶ ὡς ἐς μέσον μηρόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.191</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.89</span>, Plu.2.366e; of humours, εἰς τὸ βάθος Gal.6.254. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[settle]], [[turn into]] a thing, εἰς χλευασμὸν καὶ γέλωτα Plu.2.811e: metaph., [[sink]], [[decline]], ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ ὑ. πρὸς τὸ εὐκαταφρόνητον Longin.3.1; πρὸς τὸ μὴ ὄν <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>440</span>; of the aged, [[decline]] in years, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.21</span>.</span>