ἐπίσπασις
From LSJ
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, drawing in, τῆς τροφῆς Arist.Spir.482a15, cf. Thphr.CP1.17.6, etc.; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ στόματος, in sucking in liquid, Alex. Aphr.Pr.2.59.
German (Pape)
[Seite 980] ἡ, das An-, Zuziehen, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίσπᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, ἐφέλκυσις, καὶ τὴν ἐπίσπασιν τῆς τροφῆς Ἀριστ. π. Πνεύμ. 2. 10, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 1. 17, 6. κτλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπίσπᾰσις: εως ἡ втягивание (τῆς τροφῆς Arst.).
