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ἀπόπτωσις

ἀπόπτωσις, falling off

ἀπό-πτωσις, εως, ἡ,
  • falling off or away, ὀστέων Hp. Mochl. 35; ἀνθέων Dsc. Praef. 8.
      • 2 ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς deposition, Ath. 12.530a.
      • 3 direction in which a force is exerted, Ph. Bel. 73.7.
      • 4 vanishing, disappearance, negation, τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἀ. ἐστι τοῦ ὄντος Dam. Pr. 8; eclipse, τοῦ εἰδώλου ib. 433.
    • II declension from, καθήκοντος Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.51, M.Ant. 10.12, Procl. Inst. 209 (pl.); τῆς εὐσεβείας Hierocl. in CA 11 p.442 M.; κατὰ ἀπόπτωσιν, opp. κατὰ κατόρθωσιν, Herm. in Phdr. p.166 A.

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