ἐπίχωσις

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οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐς Κόρινθον ἔσθ' ὁ πλοῦς → it's not for every man to make a journey to Corinth, not everyone can afford a trip to Corinth

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Full diacritics: ἐπίχωσις Medium diacritics: ἐπίχωσις Low diacritics: επίχωσις Capitals: ΕΠΙΧΩΣΙΣ
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, 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.