διαμέλλησις
From LSJ
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A postponement, procrastination, πολλὴν δ. φυλακῆς long postponement of precautionary measures, Th.5.99, cf. D.C.Fr.40.21.
German (Pape)
[Seite 589] ἡ, das Zaudern; δ. ποιεῖσθαι, Thuc. 5, 99.