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σῆψις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῆψις σήψεως

Structure: σηψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. putrefaction

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κατέβη εἰσ ᾅδου ἡ δόξα σου, ἡ πολλὴ εὐφροσύνη σου. ὑποκάτω σου στρώσουσι σῆψιν, καὶ τὸ κατακάλυμμά σου σκώληξ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 14:11)
  • ἐν φανερῷ κείμενα, ὅπου γε καὶ ὁ πυρόσ, δοκῶν εἶναι τῆσ ξηρᾶσ τροφῆσ, μεταβολῇ καὶ σήψει καὶ διαχύσει τοῦ ὑγροῦ γίγνεται; (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 4 3:1)
  • ὑγρότησ μὲν οὖν καὶ τοῖσ τεθνηκόσι πάρεστι καὶ οὐκ ἐξῄρηται παντάπασιν ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐσήπετο τὰ νεκρὰ τῶν σωμάτων, τῆσ σήψεωσ εἰσ ὑγρὸν οὔσησ ἐκ ξηροῦ μεταβολῆσ, μᾶλλον δ’ ὑγρῶν ἐν σαρκὶ φθορᾶσ. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 4:2)
  • σῆψισ γὰρ ὕδατοσ τὸ λιμναῖόν ἐστι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 56 2:2)
  • ἔχει δὲ ἀνεῳγμένον οὐδὲν τούτων, οὐδὲ γίνονται ἐκ τούτων αἱ πορφύραι, ἀλλὰ φύονται αὗται καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὀστρακόδερμα ἐξ ἰλύοσ καὶ σήψεωσ, τοῦτο δὲ συμβαίνει ὥσπερ ἀποκάθαρμα καὶ ταύταισ καὶ τοῖσ κήρυξι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 364)
  • ἐστι τῶν ποταμίων καὶ φρεατιαίων ἡ δὲ πέψισ ἐοίκεν εἶναι σῆψισ, ὡσ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ μαρτυρεῖ λέγων οἶνοσ ὑπὸ φλοιοῦ πέλεται σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ ἢ πάντων ἑτοιμότατόν ἐστι καὶ ῥᾷστον αἰτιάσασθαι τὸ γλυκὺ τῶν ὀμβρίων καὶ χρηστόν, ἐκπεμπόμενον εὐθὺσ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματοσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 2 10:1)
  • ἢ σῆψισ μὲν οὐκ ἔστι τῶν δικτύων, ὅταν δὲ φρίξῃ καὶ παγῇ διὰ τὸ ψῦχοσ ἀναξηραινόμενα καὶ θρυπτόμενα μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τοῦ κλύδωνοσ σήψει τινὶ καὶ μυδήσει πάσχει παραπλήσιον; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 13 2:1)
  • γίγνεται γὰρ ἄτονον καὶ ἀδρανὲσ καὶ ὅλωσ ἐοίκε σῆψισ ἡ ζύμωσισ εἶναι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 109 1:3)
  • γίγνεται γὰρ ἄτονον καὶ ἀδρανὲσ καὶ ὅλωσ ἐοίκε σῆψισ ἡ ζύμωσισ εἶναι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 109 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. putrefaction

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