χύσις

χύσις [ῠ], εως, ἡ, (χέω) A. shedding, pouring out or forth, αἱμάτων Thphr. Fr. 174.6(pl.): metaph., squandering, οὐσίας Alciphr. 1.21. 2. diffusion, e.g. of nutriment, Gal. 6.87; opp. πίλησις, Id. Nat.Fac. 1.3 (pl.); coupled with ἀνάλυσις, διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.136, cf. 188. 3. melting, κηροῦ S.E. P. 3.14; casting, fusing, Str. 16.2.25. 4. dispersion, ἐν τῇ χ. τοῦ ἑνὸς πλῆθος γίγνεται Plot. 6.6.1. II. liquid poured forth, flood, stream, ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ., of a libation, A. Ch. 97; πόντου χ. Opp. H. 5.78; ὕδατος Arat. 393, A.R. 4.1416: metaph, χρονίη χ. lapse of time, AP 9.153 (Agath.). 2. of dry things, heap, φύλλων χ. Od. 5.483, 19.443; νότος . . χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων Call. Hec. 1.1.11, cf. AP 9.282 (Antip.Thess.); καλάμης Nic. Th. 297. 3. metaph. of fluency or copiousness of speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to the ὕψος ἀπότομον of Demosthenes, ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει Longin. 12.4; ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.6. 4. quantity, abundance, σαρκῶν AP 5.36 (Rufin.); χ. φαυλότητος a great deal of badness, Porph. Abst. 3.2.