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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pulling down]], [[demolition]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.66</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.15</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.75 (iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>9.6</span> (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">τινῶν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἰκοδομή</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>10.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀναστήσωμεν τὴν κ. τοῦ</b> λαοῦ ἡμῶν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ma.</span>3.43</span>: in concrete sense, <b class="b3">αἱ καθαιρέσεις</b> <b class="b2">the débris</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>92.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[overthrow]], [[subjugation]], <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Caes.</span> 320d</span>; τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.4.4</span>; Ἰουλιανοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.3.1.1</span>; [[killing]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[reduction]], [[diminution]], opp. <b class="b3">πρόσθεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 207a23</span>: Medic., <b class="b2">bringing down superfluous flesh, lowering, reducing</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.3.1</span>, cf. Gal.17(2).368; τῶν σωμάτων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>738a31</span>; τῶν ὄγκων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>58e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[eclipse]] of sun or moon (with reference to the magical process of <b class="b2">drawing down</b> those bodies), Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.3.533</span> (pl.).</span>