ἕψησις
From LSJ
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A boiling, Hp.VM 5; ἡ ἕ. τῶν κρεῶν Hdt.4.61, cf. SIG57.34 (Milet., v B. C.); λινῶν PTeb.406.22 (iii A. D.); smelting of ore, Thphr.HP5.9.1; concoction, softening, Gal.13.415, Aret.SA2.6: pl., Pl.Plt.303e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1132] ἡ, das Kochen, τῶν κρεῶν Her. 4, 61; im plur., ταῖς ἑψήσεσι μόγις ἀφαιρεθέντα, Plat. Polit. 303 e; – das Schmelzen, Theophr.