ἔκτηξις
From LSJ
συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A melting away: hence, attenuation, φλεβῶν Hp. Aër.10 (v.l. ἔκτασιν). II cancelling of contract, BCH37.91 (Beroea).
German (Pape)
[Seite 781] ἡ, das Ausschmelzen, Ausfließenmachen, Hippocr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκτηξις: -εως, ἡ, ἡ τῆξις, ἡ ἐξάντλησις, φλεβῶν Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 287.
