τᾰπείν-ωσις,εως,ἡ,
A. lowering, of a movement in dancing, Pl. Lg. 815a .
2. lessening, opp.αὔξησις, Arist. PA 689a25 ;reductionof a swelling, Gal. 12.816 .
3. humiliation, abasement, Zeno Stoic. 1.51 (pl.), Plb. 9.33.10 ; τ. καὶ δουλεία
D.S. 2.45
; δυνάμεώς τινων ποιεῖν -σιν
Id. 11.87
, cf. Plu. Arist. 7 ;ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. Phld. Herc. 1457.4 ;low estate, low condition, LXX Ge. 29.32 , Ev.Luc. 1.48 , al.
4. lowness of style, Plu. 2.7a , Quint. Inst. 8.3.48 .
5. dejectionof a planet (cf.ταπείνωμα), Doroth. 86 .