ἄμπωτις,ἡ, gen.εως, Ion.
ιος, forἀνάπωτις(ἀναπίνομαι),v.infr.:—
A. being sucked back,i.e. of sea,ebb,opp.,πλημμυρίςorῥαχία( Ion.
ῥηχίη), Hdt. 2.11 , 7.198 , 8.129 , Arist. Mete. 366a19 , Placit. 3.17 , Agatharch. 32 , etc.: in pl.,ebb and flow, tides,
Arist. Mu. 396a26 , Peripl.M.Rubr. 45 , App. Hisp. 1 , Hdn. 3.14.6 .—The full formἀνάπωτιςonly Pi. O. 9.52 , Scymn. 110 , and later Prose, Plb. 10.14.2 (s. v.l.), Arr. Ind. 22.8 : gen.-πώτιδος,
Agatharch. 101 .
2. retiring of a stream,
Call. Del. 130 .
3. metaph., τῆς ἀδολεσχίας ὥσπερ ἄμπωτιν λαβούσης
Plu. 2.502d
.
II. return of humoursinward from surface of body, ἄ. τῶν χυμῶν
Hp. Hum. 1
, cf. Erot. Fr. 8 ; of blood in the lungs, Gal. UP 6.10 .