ταπείνωσις
εως, ἡ
A.
lowering, of a movement in dancing, Pl. Lg. 815a.
2.
lessening, opp. αὔξησις, Arist. PA 689a25; reduction of a swelling, Gal. 12.816.
3.
humiliation, abasement, Zeno Stoic. 1.51 (pl.), Plb. 9.33.10; τ. καὶ δουλεία D.S. 2.45; δυνάμεώς τινων ποιεῖν ‐σιν Id. 11.87, cf. Plu. Arist. 7; ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. Phld. Herc. 1457.4; low estate, low condition, LXX Ge. 29.32, Ev.Luc. 1.48, al.
4.
lowness of style, Plu. 2.7a, Quint. Inst. 8.3.48.
5.
dejection of a planet (cf. ταπείνωμα), Doroth. 86.