A.dipping: hence, setting, of stars, in pl., Hipparch. 2.6.1, Ptol.Tetr.140: metaph., κ. εὐλογιστίας, opp. ἀνατολὴ ἀφροσύνης, Ph.1.415.
2. of a river, descent into an underground course, Str.8.8.4.
3. generally, going down into, descent, Luc. VH1.33.
2. depth, Sm.Ps.68(69).3.
III. present world (as subject to decline), Aq.Ps.16(17).14, Id., Sm.Ps.48(49).2; so of human life, Aq.Ps.38 (39).6.
IV. rendering of Hebr. miphleseth 'a thing to shudder at', LXX 3 Ki.15.13.