ὑπονοστ-έω,
A. go down, sink,
Arist. Mete. 367a24 , Plu. Them. 15 ;settle,of a stack of wood, Hdt. 4.62 ; of the earth in an earthquake, Arist. Mete. 365b12 ; of a river, ὑ. ἀνδρὶ ὡς ἐς μέσον μηρόν
Hdt. 1.191
, cf. Th. 3.89 , Plu. 2.366e ; of humours, εἰς τὸ βάθος
Gal. 6.254
.
2. settle, turn intoa thing, εἰς χλευασμὸν καὶ γέλωτα
Plu. 2.811e
: metaph.,sink, decline,
ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ ὑ. πρὸς τὸ εὐκαταφρόνητον
Longin. 3.1
; πρὸς τὸ μὴ ὄν
Dam. Pr. 440
; of the aged,declinein years, Poll. 2.21 .