χύσις
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], εως, ἡ, (χέω)
A shedding, pouring out or forth, αἱμάτων Thphr.Fr.174.6(pl.): metaph., squandering, οὐσίας Alciphr.1.21. 2 diffusion, e.g. of nutriment, Gal.6.87; opp. πίλησις, Id.Nat.Fac.1.3 (pl.); coupled with ἀνάλυσις, διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.136, cf. 188. 3 melting, κηροῦ S.E.P.3.14; casting, fusing, Str.16.2.25. 4 dispersion, ἐν τῇ χ. τοῦ ἑνὸς πλῆθος γίγνεται Plot.6.6.1. II liquid poured forth, flood, stream, ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ., of a libation, A.Ch.97; πόντου χ. Opp.H.5.78; ὕδατος Arat.393, A.R.4.1416: metaph, χρονίη χ. lapse of time, AP9.153 (Agath.). 2 of dry things, heap, φύλλων χ. Od.5.483, 19.443; νότος . . χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων Call.Hec.1.1.11, cf. AP9.282 (Antip.Thess.); καλάμης Nic.Th.297. 3 metaph. of fluency or copiousness of speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to the ὕψος ἀπότομον of Demosthenes, ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει Longin.12.4; ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων Phld.Po.Herc. 1676.6. 4 quantity, abundance, σαρκῶν AP5.36 (Rufin.); χ. φαυλότητος a great deal of badness, Porph.Abst.3.2.
