ἐκπύημα
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A sore that has suppurated, Id.VM22,Prog.15, Coac.278.
German (Pape)
[Seite 777] τό, vereiterte Wunde, Geschwür, Hippocr.
Spanish (DGE)
-ματος, τό
medic. supuración οὔτε πυρετῶν ἐπιλαμβανόντων, οὔτε ἐκπυημάτων ἐπιγινομένων Hp.Prorrh.2.7, κακοήθεα ... τὰ ἄλλα ἐκπυήματα Hp.Coac.278, cf. 416, 620.