θνῆσις
From LSJ
ὀφθαλμοὶ γὰρ τῶν ὤτων ἀκριβέστεροι μάρτυρες → the eyes are more accurate witnesses than the ears, the eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A mortality, in a plague, Ruf.Fr.69; πολλὴ θ. γέγονε Stud.Pal.22.338 (i A.D.); νηπίων Cat.Cod.Astr.7.126.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1212] ἡ, das Sterben, erst sehr Sp.