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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

  • ὅθεν πρόσ γε τὰσ σήψεισ οἱ ἅλεσ βοηθοῦσι, καὶ τὰ σώματα τῶν λουσαμένων ἐν θαλάττῃ ξηρὰν εὐθὺσ ἴσχει καὶ τραχεῖαν τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 1 4:1)
  • "ξηρότητοσ μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἀφικνεῖται πάθοσ ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ὑγρότητοσ δὲ πολλὰ καὶ θηλύτητοσ, αὐξήσεισ φυτῶν, σήψεισ κρεῶν, τροπαὶ καὶ ἀνέσεισ οἴνων, μαλακότητεσ ξύλων, εὐτοκίαι γυναικῶν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2530)
  • "τοὐναντίον δ’ ὤφειλε ποιεῖν, εἰ μαλακότητι τῆσ θερμασίασ αἱ σήψεισ ἐγίνοντο· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. putrefaction

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