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|Definition=Dor. [[σᾶψις]], εως, ἡ, ([[σήπομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fermentation]], [[putrefaction]], [[decay]], αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες Emp.121; ὑγρῶν σάψιες Ti.Locr. 102c, cf. Arist.''HA''569a28; τὸ τέλος τῆς κατὰ φύσιν φθορᾶς σῆψις ἐστιν Id.''Mete.''379a8; σῆψις χλωρή Hp.''Prorrh.''1.99; <b class="b3">σ. ὀστέων</b>,= [[σφάκελος]], Moer.p.342P.<br><span class="bld">II</span> ([[σήπω]]) the [[process]] by which the [[intestine]]s [[reject]] that part of [[food]] which is not [[nutritious]], opp. [[πέψις]], Arist.''GA''762a14, cf. Ath.7.276d, and v. [[σήπω]] 11.4. (Acc. to Gal.19.373 [[Empedocles]] said that [[πέψις]] took place [[σήψει]].)