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1 ebb
[eb]1) ((of the tide) to go out from the land: The tide began to ebb.) υποχωρώ2) (to become less: His strength was ebbing fast.) ποχωρώ,φθίνω•- ebb tide- at a low ebb
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2 Ebb
v. intrans.Flow back: use P. and V. πάλιν ῥεῖν.met., fall away: P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν.When the blood has ebbed in painless death: V. αἱμάτων εὐθνησίμων ἀπορρυέντων (Æsch., Ag. 1293).——————subs.V. παλίρροια, ἡ, or παλιρροία, ἡ (Soph., frag.).Tossed by the constant ebb and flow of the tide: V. πολλοῖς διαύλοις κυμάτων φορούμενος (Eur., Hec. 29).In Peparethus too there was a strong ebb tide, but no inundation occurred: P. ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ ἐν Πεπαρήθῳ κύματος ἐπαναχώρησίς τις οὐ μέντοι ἐπέκλυσέ γε (Thuc. 3, 89).Be at a low ebb, v.: met., use P. μοχθηρῶς διακεῖσθαι.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Ebb
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