ὄπυσις

ὄπυσις, εως, ἡ (hapax. derived fr. ὀπυίω, orig. ‘to marry’, in later Gk. ‘to have intimate relations with a woman’ Luc., Eun. 12) perh.= fornication (CWessely, PatrOr 18, 1924, 482 and KPrümm, Biblica 10, 1929, 62–80) εἰς πόλιν ἄρχουσαν ὁπύσεως in a city (i.e. Rome) that presides over whoring/fornication ApcPt Rainer 4, 1 p. 278 J. (the reading of the ms.; but cj. by James p. 273 after the Ethiopic version: δύσεως ‘[rules over] the west’).—DELG s.v. ὀπυίω.