A.dropsy, Hp.Aph.3.22 (pl.), IG42(1).122.1, 123.33 (Epid., iv B. C.), Epicur.Fr.190, Sor.2.37, etc.; “ὕ. ξηρός” Hp.Aph.4.11; he distinguishes two kinds, ὁ ὑποσαρκίδιος (v.l. ὑπὸ τῇ σαρκί) and ὁ μετ᾽ ἐμφυσημάτων, Acut.(Sp.)52.
3. any watery discharge, e.g. discharge before parturition, Arist.HA587a6, Cleophant. ap. Sor.2.53; cf. “πρόφορος” 11.
II. a dropsical person, Hp.Int.47 (dub. 1.), Epid.2.5.13— in which sense Dsc. ap. Gal.19.148 read ὑδρώψ (oxyt.).
III. one of the four humours, aqueous humour, Hp.Morb.4.32, al.