ἄμπωτις
ἄμπωτις, a being sucked back, the ebb-tide
ἄμπωτις, ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, for ἀνάπωτις (ἀναπίνομαι), v. infr.:—
- being sucked back, i.e. of sea, ebb, opp., πλημμυρίς or ῥαχία (Ion. ῥηχίη), Hdt. 2.11, 7.198, 8.129, Arist. Mete. 366a19, Placit. 3.17, Agatharch. 32, etc.: in pl., ebb and flow, tides, 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 (s. v.l.), Arr. Ind. 22.8: gen. -πώτιδος, Agatharch. 101.
- 2 retiring of a stream, Call. Del. 130.
- 3 metaph., τῆς ἀδολεσχίας ὥσπερ ἄμπωτιν λαβούσης Plu. Garr. 2.502d.
- II return of humours inward from surface of body, ἄ. τῶν χυμῶν Hp. Hum. 1, cf. Erot. Fr. 8; of blood in the lungs, Gal. UP 6.10.
ἄμπωτις, ιδος ou εως (ἡ)
1 reflux de la mer (p. opp. à ῥαχία, ion. ῥηχίη) Hdt. 2, 11, etc. ; Arstt. Mund. 4, 32 ; Pol. 10, 14, 2 (vulg. ἀναπώτεως) etc. ||
2 reflux des humeurs de la surface du corps à l’intérieur, résorption, Hpc. 47, 1 ||
➳ Gén. ion. -ιος, Hdt. ; gén. réc. -εως, Pol. 1, 39, etc. ; dat. pl. -εσι, Arr. Ind. 21 ; -ισι, Hdn 3, 14, 11 ; acc. sg. non contracte ἀνάπωτιν, Pd. O. 9, 56 dout. (corr. ἄμπωτιν).
Étym. ἀναπίνω.
ἄμπωτις, ιδος, (ion. ιος) ἀμπώτεως Polyb. 1.39, 20.5.7 ; ἀμπώτεσι, dat. plur., Arr. Ind. 21), Her. 7.188, 8.129 u. Folg.
ἄμπωτις
ἀναπίνομαι, for ἀνάπωτις
- a being sucked back, the ebb-tide, Hdt., etc.