ὑποχώρησις
hypochoresis
retirement, retreat
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὑποχώρησις, εως, ἡ, A. retirement, retreat, πεδιναὶ ὑ. retirements by the plains, 1.34.8; πελαγίαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὑ. make oneʼs retreat by sea, 1.28.9; αἰδὼς τολμήσεως ὑ. Def. 412c. b. ebb of the tide, 3.7 (pl.). c. cession of property, POxy. 67.20 (iv A. D.). 2. retiring-place, retreat, Hipp. 5, CIG 3705 (Apollonia ad Rhyndacum). II. ὑ. τῆς γαστρός an evacuation of the bowels by stool, Morb. 3.16, 6.649: abs., Aph. 4.83, Epid. 7.3,5, ap. 4.7.15, Mnesith. ap. 8.38.3. III. the vent, HA 594a13.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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