ἐπίχωσις
From LSJ
τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἐπιχώννυμι)
A a heaping up, esp.the choking of a channel, Plb.4.41.9 (pl.): metaph., exaggeration, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1005] ἡ, das Zuschütten, Zudämmen, Pol. 4, 41, 9.