σβέσις
From LSJ
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A quenching, putting out, or (from Pass.) extinction, πυρὸς σ. καὶ μάρανσις Arist.Resp.474b14, cf. Juv.469b23, Thphr.Ign. 60, D.H.2.67; opp. διάλαμψις, Arist.Mete.370a24; κατὰ τὴν σ. while cooling, Dsc.1.100. II metaph., cancellation, δίκης PLond.5.1708.248 (vi A.D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σβέσις: ἡ, τὸ κατασβεννύναι, κατάσβεσις ἢ (ἐκ τοῦ παθητ.) «σβήσιμον», τὸ κατασβέννυσθαι, πυρὸς μάρανσις καὶ σβέσις Ἀριστ. π. Ἀναπν. 8, 4· σβέσις καὶ φθορὰ Πλούτ. Λύσ. 8· πρβλ. Ἰουβεν. 5, 1· τὸ ἀντίθετον τῷ διάλαμψις, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Μετεωρ. 2. 9, 19.
