ἑφθός
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, verb. Adj. of ἕψω,
A boiled, of meat or fish, Hdt.2.77, Hp.VM13, E.Cyc.246, Ar.Pax717, Ecphantid.1, Pl.R.404c, etc.; of vegetables, Antiph.6; of water, Arist.Mete.380b10; of a hot bath, ἑφθόν [με] . . πεποίηκεν Antiph.245. 2 ἑφθὸς χρυσός refined gold, Simon.64. II metaph., languid, unnerved, Hp.Epid.4.16.
