A.subsidence, collapse, of the earth, “ἐς τὰ κοῖλα” Id.Mu.396a3 (but γῆ [ἐγένετο] κατὰ συνίζησιν (sc. τοῦ ὕδατος) Sch.Hes.Th.115); “οἰκοδομημάτων” Plu.Crass.2: metaph., Plot.2.2.1.
2. synizesis, melting of two vowels into one, without alteration of letters, as in πόλεως, μὴ οὐ, etc., EM735.36, Sch.Heph.2.1; but = συγκοπή, EM279.8.
3. compression of air, Hero Spir.Praef.