θρύψις
εως, θ, ἡ
A.
breaking in small pieces, οὔτε . . εἴη ἂν ἄπειρος ἡ θ. Arist. GC 316b30; dispersion, ἡ θ. τοῦ ἀέρος Id. de An. 419b23; coupled with διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.173.
II.
softness, weakness, σώματος Plu. Dem. 4: esp. metaph., debauchery, X. Cyr. 8.8.16, Plu. Lyc. 14: pl., Id. 2.732e.
2.
daintiness, κόμης ib.693b; θ. (cj. for τρίψις)ἐπικρατίδων Hp. Praec. 10.