ἐπίφραξις
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἐπιφράσσω)
A obstruction of the earth, in eclipses, Plu.2.891f, Anaximand.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1001] ἡ, Verstopfung, Plut. plac. phil. 2, 29.
