ἄμπωτις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. -ιος, for [[ἀνάπωτις]] ([[ἀναπίνομαι]]), v. infr.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[being sucked back]], i.e. of [[sea]], [[ebb]], opp., [[πλημμυρίς]] or [[ῥαχία]] (Ion. [[ῥηχίη]]), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.11, 7.198, 8.129, Arist.Mete.366a19, Placit.3.17, Agatharch. 32, etc.: in plural, [[ebb]] and [[flow]], [[tide]]s, Arist.Mu.396a26, Peripl.M.Rubr. 45, App.Hisp.1, Hdn.3.14.6.—The full form [[ἀνάπωτις]] only Pi.O. 9.52, Scymn.110, and later Prose, Plb.10.14.2 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]), Arr.Ind.22.8: gen. ἀμπώτιδος, Agatharch.101.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[retiring]] of a [[stream]], Call.Del. 130.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., τῆς [[ἀδολεσχία]]ς ὥσπερ ἄμπωτιν λαβούσης Plu. 2.502d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[return]] of [[humour]]s inward from [[surface]] of [[body]], ἄμπωτις τῶν χυμῶν Hp.Hum.1, cf. Erot.Fr.8; of blood in the lungs, Gal. UP6.10.