θῆξις
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A = ῥοπή, στιγμή, τάχος, Hsch.; θήξει, = Lat. momento, Gloss.; but κατὰ θῆξιν is f.l. for κατὰ θίξιν in Archig. ap. Gal.12.577.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1208] ἡ, das Wetzen, Schärfen, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θῆξις: -εως, (θήγω) ἀκόνημα, ὀδόντων Εὐστ. Πονημ. 313. 92 ὑπὸ θῆξιν, ὡς τὸ στιγμῇ, εἰς μίαν στιγμήν, Ἐπιφάν.