ἐπίτεγξις
From LSJ
οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A fomentation, embrocation, Hp.Fract.29. II moistening, Id.Loc.Hom.17, Gal.10.442 ; moisture, humidity, interpol. in Sor.2.84 (=Aët.16.71).
German (Pape)
[Seite 989] ἡ, Benetzung auf der Oberfläche, Erweichung, Hippocr.