συνίζησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=συνιζήσεως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[subsidence]], [[collapse]], of the earth, ἐς τὰ κοῖλα Id.''Mu.''396a3 (but [[γῆ]] [ἐγένετο] κατὰ συνίζησιν (''[[sc.]]'' [[τοῦ ὕδατος]]) Sch.Hes.''Th.''115); οἰκοδομημάτων Plu.''Crass.''2: metaph., Plot.2.2.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[synizesis]], [[melting of two vowels into one]], without alteration of letters, as in [[πόλις|πόλεως]], [[μὴ οὐ]], etc., ''EM''735.36, Sch.Heph.2.1; but = [[συγκοπή]], ''EM''279.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[compression]] of [[air]], Hero ''Spir.Praef.''