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Headword:
*(ufizh/seis
Adler number: upsilon,733
Translated headword: subsidences
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] sinkings-down, givings-in. "[He/she/it] turned from earthy and soft and sandy [places] because of the subsidences that would result from the weights being applied."
Greek Original:*(ufizh/seis: u(poxala/seis, e)ndo/seis. e)ce/kline ta\ gew/dh kai\ malaka\ kai\ yammw/dh dia\ ta\s e)some/nas u(fizh/seis e)pi\ toi=s ba/resi toi=s e)pitiqeme/nois.
Notes:
See already
epsilon 3974, which contains a shorter version of the quotation (and with a different main verb,
e)fula/cato).
The noun
u(fi/zhsis is attested several times in the accusative singular in Greek, but no plural forms of the word are found outside these two Suda entries.
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Translated by: Lauren Curtis on 4 December 2007@20:39:52.
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