κάθεσις
εως, ἡ
A.
letting down, τῆς κόμης D.L. 1.109; of a diving-bell, Arist. Pr. 960b33.
2.
production of a play, Sch.Ar. V. 1317, prob. in Sch.Ra. 1060, Sch.Lys. 1096.
3.
insertion, τοῦ αὐλίσκου Ruf. Ren.Ves. 7; of a finger, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.23.1; of a lancet, Orib. 7.5.12.
II.
(from Pass.) descent, Arist. Mete. 356a11; κ. νέφους εἰς τοὺς κάτω τόπους Epicur. Ep. 2p.47U.