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ὑπόφαυσις

upophausis · ἡ

narrow opening

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What it meant

ὑπόφαυσις · hypophausis — LSJ

narrow opening

narrow opening, in the bridge across the Hellespont, Hdt. 7.36; in a testudo, Ph. Bel. 99.39; αἱ θυρίδες δικτυωταί, ὑποφαύσεις κύκλῳ LXX Ez. 41.16.

II

ὑποφαύσιας was read for ὑποφάσιας in Hp. Prog. 2 by Artemidorus and Dioscurides ap. Gal. 18(2).52, but rejected by Gal. l.c.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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