σῆψις

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κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown

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Transliteration A: sē̂psis Transliteration B: sēpsis Transliteration C: sipsis Beta Code: sh=yis

English (LSJ)

Dor. σᾶψις, εως, ἡ, (σήπομαι)

   A fermentation, putrefaction, decay, αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες Emp.121; ὑγρῶν σάψιες Ti.Locr. 102c, cf. Arist.HA569a28; τὸ τέλος τῆς κατὰ φύσιν φθορᾶς σ. ἐστιν Id.Mete.379a8; σ. χλωρή Hp.Prorrh.1.99; σ. ὀστέων,= σφάκελος, Moer.p.342P.    II (σήπω) the process by which the intestines reject that part of food which is not nutritious, opp. πέψις, Arist.GA762a14, cf. Ath.7.276d, and v. σήπω 11.4. (Acc. to Gal.19.373 Empedocles said that πέψις took place σήψει.)