ἀπό-πτωσις,εως,ἡ,
A. falling offoraway,
ὀστέων
Hp. Mochl. 35
; ἀνθέων
Dsc. Praef. 8
.
2.
ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς deposition,
Ath. 12.530a
.
3. direction in which a force is exerted,
Ph. Bel. 73.7 .
4. vanishing, disappearance, negation,
τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἀ. ἐστι τοῦ ὄντος
Dam. Pr. 8
;eclipse, τοῦ εἰδώλουib. 433 .
II. declension from,