A.decay, putrefaction, in animal bodies or wood, or even stone, Hp.Epid.3.4, Antipho Soph.15, Pl.Phd.110e, Thphr.CP6.1.5; “σηπεδόνα λαβεῖν” Pl.Phd.96b.
2. of live flesh, mortification, of two kinds, ς. χλωρή (v. σῆψις) when a humour discharges, and ξηρή when it is dry, Hp.Epid.5.4.
III. a serpent whose bite causes putrefaction, Nic.Th.327, Ael. NA15.18.