α1656Ἄμπωτις
ebb, ebbing, suckback
[Meaning a] cessation. Or drying or flood-tide. The good man [spoudaios] should not wonder at apparent marvels, such as Kharoneia and ebbings and springs of warm water and eruptions of fire. But neither will the good…
Ἄμπωτις· λῆξις. ἢ ξηρασία ἢ πλημμύρα. ὅτι τὸν σπουδαῖον οὐ δεῖ θαυμάζειν τῶν δοκούντων τι παραδόξων, οἷον Χαρώνεια καὶ ἀμπώτεις καὶ πηγὰς θερμῶν ὑδάτων καὶ πυρὸς ἀναφυσήματα. ἀλλὰ…
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