ἐπίσκηψις
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A injunction, τὰς Εὐθυκράτους ἐπισκήψεις Is.9.36, cf. Ph.1.362 (pl.), Plu.Dio11. II. as law-term, denunciation, the first step in a prosecution, esp. in a δίκη ψευδομαρτυριῶν, brought against the witness of a διαμαρτυρία (q.v.), τῇ ἐ. τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν D.47.51; Charondas πρῶτος ἐποίησε τὴν ἐ. Arist.Pol.1274b7; τούτων τὰς ἐ. εἶναι theirs shall be the right of ἐ., D.47.72.
German (Pape)
[Seite 979] ἡ, 1) vom act., das Auferlegen, der Auftrag, Plut. Dion. 11, im plur., u. a. Sp. – 2) vom med., die Anklage, Plat. Legg. XI, 937 b; bes. wegen falsches Zeugnisses, ψευδομαρτυριῶν Is. 4, 17; Dem. 47, 51; ohne diesen Zusatz, 46, 7 (vgl. Arist. pol. 2, 12); wegen Mordes, κελεύει ὁ νόμος τοὺς προσήκοντας ἐπεξιέναι, sc. φόνου, – κἂν οἰκέτης ᾖ, τούτων τὰς ἐπισκήψεις εἶναι 47, 72.
