2. “ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς” deposition, Ath.12.530a.
3. direction in which a force is exerted, Ph. Bel.73.7.
4. vanishing, disappearance, negation, “τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἀ. ἐστι τοῦ ὄντος” Dam.Pr.8; eclipse, τοῦ εἰδώλου ib.433.
II. declension from, “καθήκοντος” Chrysipp.Stoic.2.51, M.Ant.10.12, Procl.Inst.209 (pl.); “τῆς εὐσεβείας” Hierocl. in CA11p.442M.; κατὰ ἀπόπτωσιν, opp. κατὰ κατόρθωσιν, Herm. in Phdr.p.166A.