δύσις [ῠ], εως, ἡ,
(δύω) setting of the sun or stars, opposed to ἀνατολή, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 120, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 458 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ Ηλειάδων δύσιν (compare Ηλειάδες) [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 826; περὶ δύσιν Ηλειάδος 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. χειμερινή, θερινή, ἰσημερινή, [[ 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.9; δ. τροπική 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.4.7; ἄχρι ἡλίου δύσεως “IG” 4.597 (from Argos); ἁλίου ἄχρι δ. [prev. work]606 ([prev. passage]); Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.11; personified, “PMag.Berol.” 2.94: _plural_, δύσιες, opposed to ἀντολαί, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.85: _metaphorically_, δ. τοῦ λογισμοῦ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.511. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 quarter in which the sun sets, west, πρὸς ἡλίου δύσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96; πρὸς δύσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393a18; ἀπὸ δύσεως “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 1755 (from Opus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς δύσει [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.42.5; πρὸς τὰς δύσεις βλέπειν [prev. author] 5.104.7. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II hiding-place, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.330. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]