ἀπόσχασις
From LSJ
Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς → You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A opening of a vein, Hp.Epid.7.66 (but possibly scarification). II letting go, in an engine, Ph.Bel.74.51.
German (Pape)
[Seite 329] ἡ, Aderlaß, Hippocr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόσχᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἄνοιμγα φλεβός, φλεβοτομία, Ἱππ. 1228D. ΙΙ. ἡ ἐλευθέρα κίνησις μιχανῆς, Φίλων Βελοπ. 74.
