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|Transliteration C=epichosis
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|Beta Code=e)pi/xwsis
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|Definition=-εως, ἡ<b class="b3">, ([[ἐπιχώννυμι]])</b> [[a heaping up]], esp. [[the choking of a channel]], Plb.4.41.9 (pl.): metaph., [[exaggeration]], ''Glossaria''.
|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[ἐπιχώννυμι]]) [[a heaping up]], esp. [[the choking of a channel]], Plb.4.41.9 (pl.): metaph., [[exaggeration]], ''Glossaria''.
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Transliteration A: epíchōsis Transliteration B: epichōsis Transliteration C: epichosis Beta Code: e)pi/xwsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, (ἐπιχώννυμι) a heaping up, esp. the choking of a channel, Plb.4.41.9 (pl.): metaph., exaggeration, Glossaria.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1005] ἡ, das Zuschütten, Zudämmen, Pol. 4, 41, 9.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίχωσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἐπιχώννυμι), ἐπισώρευσις, «παντὸς γένους, ὕλης καὶ γῆς καὶ λίθων» φερομένων ὑπὸ χειμάρρων, Πολύβ. 4. 41, 9· μεταφ. ἐξόγκωσις Εὔστ. Πονημάτ. 188. 21.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπίχωσις: εως ἡ
1 возведение насыпи или постройка плотины Polyb.;
2 рит. нагромождение, преувеличение.