ἐκβλάστησις
From LSJ
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A shooting, budding, φύλλων Dsc.1.81, cf. Gp.5.25.1. 2 esp. later budding, Thphr.HP3.5.3 (nisi leg. ἐπι-).