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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ἐν ἄλλοισ δὲ πάλιν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλησ ἱστορεῖ γίνεσθαι αὐτὰσ οὔτε ᾠοτοκούσασ οὔτε ζωοτοκούσασ ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ἐξ ὀχείασ, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ βορβόρῳ καὶ τῇ ἰλύι σήψεωσ γινομένησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 52 2:3)
  • ἀλλὰ τοῦτο μὲν δεῖται σήψεωσ καὶ μεταβολῆσ· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 37 17:2)
  • Οἱ δὲ χαίροντεσ οἷσ τε ἑώρων καὶ οἷσ ἤκουον τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῆσ κατὰ δύναμιν αὐτῶν σπουδῆσ οὐκ ἀπελείποντο, ἀλλ’ εἰσέφερον ἄργυρόν τε καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ χαλκὸν ξύλα τε τῆσ καλλίστησ ὕλησ καὶ μηδὲν ὑπὸ τῆσ σήψεωσ παθεῖν δυνάμενα, αἰγείουσ τε τρίχασ καὶ δορὰσ προβάτων τὰσ μὲν ὑακίνθῳ βεβαμμένασ τὰσ δὲ φοίνικι· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 132:1)

Synonyms

  1. putrefaction

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