shedding, pouring out
χύσις [ῠ],εως,ἡ, (χέω)
A. shedding, pouring outorforth,
αἱμάτων
Thphr. Fr. 174.6
(pl.): metaph.,squandering,
οὐσίας
Alciphr. 1.21
.
2. diffusion,e.g. of nutriment, Gal. 6.87 ; opp.πίλησις,
Id. Nat.Fac. 1.3 (pl.); coupled withἀνάλυσις, διάλυσις,
Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.136 , cf. 188 .
3. melting, κηροῦ
S.E. P. 3.14
;casting, fusing,
Str. 16.2.25 .
4. dispersion,
ἐν τῇ χ. τοῦ ἑνὸς πλῆθος γίγνεται
Plot. 6.6.1
.
II. liquid poured forth, flood, stream, ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ.,of a libation, A. Ch. 97 ; πόντου χ.
Opp. H. 5.78
; ὕδατος
Arat. 393
, A.R. 4.1416 : metaph,χρονίη χ. lapseof time, AP 9.153 ( Agath. ).
2. of dry things,heap,
φύλλων χ.
Od. 5.483
, 19.443 ; νότος . . χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων
Call. Hec. 1.1.11
, cf. AP 9.282 ( Antip.Thess. ); καλάμης
Nic. Th. 297
.
3. metaph. offluencyorcopiousnessof speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to theὕψος ἀπότομονof Demosthenes, ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει
Longin. 12.4
; ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων
Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.6
.
4. quantity, abundance,
σαρκῶν
AP 5.36
( Rufin. );χ. φαυλότητος a great dealof badness, Porph. Abst. 3.2 .
