ὑποχώρησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A retirement, retreat, πεδιναὶ ὑ. retirements by the plains, Plb.1.34.8; πελαγίαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὑ. make one's retreat by sea, Id.1.28.9; αἰδὼς τολμήσεως ὑ. Pl.Def.412c.    b ebb of the tide, Aristid.Quint.3.7 (pl.).    c cession of property, POxy.67.20 (iv A. D.).    2 retiring-place, retreat, Luc.Hipp.5, CIG3705 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum).    II ὑ. τῆς γαστρός an evacuation of the bowels by stool, Hp. Morb.3.16, Gal.6.649: abs., Hp.Aph.4.83, Epid.7.3,5, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.15, Mnesith. ap. Orib.8.38.3.    III the vent, Arist.HA594a13.