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ὑπόφαυσις

ὑπόφαυσις, a light shewing through a small hole: a narrow opening

ὑπόφαυσις, εως, ἡ,
  • narrow opening, in the bridge across the Hellespont, Hdt. 7.36; in a testudo, Ph. Bel. 99.39; αἱ θυρίδες δικτυωταί, ὑποφαύσεις κύκλῳ LXX Ez. 41.16.
    • II ὑποφαύσιας was read for ὑποφάσιας in Hp. Prog. 2 by Artemidorus and Dioscurides ap. Gal. 18(2).52, but rejected by Gal. l.c.

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