εως (ἡ) [ῠ]
      1 action de s’enfoncer ou d’être englouti, LUC. V.H. 1, 33 ;
      2 immersion, action de se plonger dans l’eau, BAS. 4, 132 ; NYSS. 3, 585 Migne ; t. d’astr. coucher d’un astre, HIPPARQ. ad Arat. p. 233 ;
      3 endroit où l’on s’enfonce, refuge, ATH. 477 d.

Étym. καταδύω.

εως, ἡ, dipping; hence, setting, of stars, in pl., Hipparch. 2.6.1, Ptol. Tetr. 140; metaph, κ. εὐλογιστίας, opp. ἀνατολὴ ἀφροσύνης, Ph. 1.415. of a river, descent into an underground course, Str. 8.8.4. generally, going down into, descent, Luc. VH 1.33.
hiding-place, hole, Id. Am. 34, Ph. 1.315, Ath. 11.477d, Gal. 11.167 (pl.).
depth, Sm. Ps. 68 (69).3. = θαλάμη, Erot. s.v. ὕποφρον.
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. rendering of Hebr. miphleseth ΄a thing to shudder at΄, LXX 3 Ki. 15.13. (καταδύω ΙΙ. 2) ducking of the head in a bath, Orib. Fr. 48.

ἡ, das Untertauchen, Untergehen, Sp., bes. von den Gestirnen ; das Hinabsteigen, εἴς τι, Luc. V.H. 1.33. – Schlupfwinkel, τοῦ ὄφεως Ath. XI.477d ; Sp.

a retreat (MT)