ἔφελξις
From LSJ
Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A a dragging after one, τοῦ πεπηρωμένου μορίου Arist. IA708b10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1114] ἡ, = ἐφελκυσμός, ὁ, Arist. inc. an. 8.