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|Transliteration C=epichosis
|Transliteration C=epichosis
|Beta Code=e)pi/xwsis
|Beta Code=e)pi/xwsis
|Definition=εως, ἡ<b class="b3">, (ἐπιχώννυμι)</b> [[a heaping up]], esp.[[the choking of a channel]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.9</span> (pl.): metaph., [[exaggeration]], Gloss.
|Definition=εως, ἡ<b class="b3">, (ἐπιχώννυμι)</b> [[a heaping up]], esp. [[the choking of a channel]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.9</span> (pl.): metaph., [[exaggeration]], Gloss.
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English (LSJ)

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

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.