συνίζ-ησις,εως,ἡ,
A. subsidence, collapse, of the earth, ἐς τὰ κοῖλα
Id. Mu. 396a3
(butγῆ [ἐγένετο] κατὰ συνίζησιν(sc.τοῦ ὕδατος) Sch. Hes. Th. 115 ); οἰκοδομημάτων
Plu. Crass. 2
: metaph., Plot. 2.2.1 .
2. synizesis, melting of two vowels into one, without alteration of letters, as inπόλεως, μὴ οὐ, etc., EM 735.36 , Sch. Heph. 2.1 ; but = συγκοπή , EM 279.8 .
3. compressionof air, Hero Spir.Praef.