κατά-δῠσις, εως, ἡ,
dipping: hence, setting, of stars, in plural, [[ 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 2.6.1, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 140: _metaphorically_, κ. εὐλογιστίας, opposed to ἀνατολὴ ἀφροσύνης, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.415. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 of a river, descent into an underground course, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.8.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 generally, going down into, descent, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.33. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II hiding-place, hole, [[ [prev. author] “Am.” 34, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.315, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11. 477d, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.167 (_plural_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 depth, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Psa.68(69).3. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 ={θαλάμη}, [[ 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus see at {ὕποφρον}. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III present world (as subject to decline), [[ 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Psa.16(17).14, [prev. author], 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Psa.48(49).2] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; so of human life, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.Psa.38 (39).6. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
__IV rendering of Hebrew miphleseth 'a thing to shudder at', [[ LXX.1Ki.15.13. ] LXX]