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ὑπωπι-ασμός , , =
A.suggillatio, Gloss. -ον, τό, ὤψ) the part of the face under the eyes, νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀτάλαντος ὑπώπια like night in countenance, i.e. dark, gloomy, Il.12.463, cf. Hp.Int.12 (v.l. ὑπόπυα), Philostr.Gym.48.
II. a blow in the face, black eye, E.Fr.374, Ar.Ach. 551, V.1386, Apolloph.3, Lys.4.9, etc.: then, any bruise or weal, Thphr.HP9.20.3, cf. Gal.12.804; improperly applied to a bruise on the foot, as is shown by the joke in Ath.3.97f.
2. metaph., blot, disgrace, Cic.Att.1.20.5.
III. a plant, the root of which was bruised and applied as a cure for black eyes, = θαψία, Ps.-Dsc.4.153.
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