σᾶψις

     σᾶψις

    - εως ἥ дор. = σῆψις См. σηψις

σαψίς· ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων παρὰ Ἀράβοις (sic), Hsch.

     σῆψις

    дор. σᾰψις - εως ἥ

    1) гниение, загнивание Plat., Arst.

    2) извержение экскрементов Arst.

σῆψις, [dialect] Dor. [full] σᾶψις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] σήπομαι)

A fermentation, putrefaction, decay,

αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες Emp.121

;

ὑγρῶν σάψιες Ti.Locr. 102c

, cf. Arist.HA 569a28;

τὸ τέλος τῆς κατὰ φύσιν φθορᾶς σ. ἐστιν Id.Mete. 379a8

;

σ. χλωρή Hp.Prorrh.1.99

; σ. ὀστέων,= σφάκελος, Moer.p.342P.

II ([etym.] σήπω) the process by which the intestines reject that part of food which is not nutritious, opp. πέψις, Arist.GA 762a14, cf. Ath.7.276d, and v. σήπω 11.4. (Acc. to Gal.19.373 Empedocles said that πέψις took place σήψει.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to rot, to become rotten', act. `to make rot' (Il.).

Other forms: Perf. σέσηπα, aor. σαπῆναι (Il.), fut. σαπήσομαι (Hp., Pl. a. o.), also act. σήπω (IA.), non-pres. forms rare: fut. σήψω (A. Fr. 275 = 478M.), aor. σῆψαι (Ael.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. ἀπο-, κατα-, δια-.

Derivatives: Subst.: 1. σηπεδών, - δόνος f. `decomposition', pl. `rotting juices' (Hp., Antipho Soph., Pl. a. o.; as τηκεδών a. o.), also as des. of a snake, of which the bites cause putrescence (Nic., Ael.; as τερηδών a.o.; Chantraine Form. 360f., Schwyzer 529); from it - δονώδης, - δονικός (medic.); 2. σῆψις ( ἀπό-, σύν- a.o.), Dor. (Ti. Locr.) σᾶψις f. `decomposition, fermentation' (Emp., Hp., Arist. a.o.); 3. σήψ, σηπός f. `festering sore' (Hp., Dsc.), m. kind of snake (also lizard), of which the bites cause thirst and fire (Arist., Nic. a.o.); 4. σήπη f. `decomposition' (Aq.), σηπο-ποιός = σηπτικός (Alex. Aphr.); 5. σηπετοῦ σηπεδόνος H. (from σήπομαι or σήψ; Chantraine Form. 300, Schwyzer 501). -- Adj.: 6. σηπ-τός `rotten' (Arist.), `causing rot' (Dsc. a. o.), earlier and more often attested ἄ-σηπ-τος `not rotting' (Hp., X., Arist., Thphr. a.o.); 7. - τικός `causing rot' (Hp., Arist. a.o.); 8. - τήριος `id.' (Hp.). -- Verb: 9. σηπ-εύω = σήπω (Man.); rather enlarged from σήπω than from σήπη. -- With other ablaut: 10. σαπ-ρός `rotting, rotten, rancid', of wine `matured' (IA), with σαπρ-ίας οἶνος (Hermipp.), - ότης f. `decomposition' (Pl., Arist. etc.), - ίζομαι (Hp.), - ύνομαι (Nic.), - όομαι (sch.) `to rot', - ίζω `to make rot' (LXX).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [not in Pok.] * seh₂p- `rot'

Etymology: Seen the structur no soubt inherited word, but as opposed to the synonyms πύθομαι, πύθω isolated. -- On Skt. kyāku n. `mushroom' and Lith. šiùpti `putrefy', which have been connected (lit. in Bq and WP. 1, 500), cf. Mayrhofer resp. Fraenkel s. v. On σηπία s. v.

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