δέσις
From LSJ
Γαμεῖν ὁ μέλλων εἰς μετάνοιαν ἔρχεται → Ad paenitendum properat, qui uxorem accipit → Der Heiratswillige kommt zur Sinnesänderung
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (δέω A)
A binding together, Pl.Cra.418e; setting of stones, LXX Si.45.11; tying in bundles, Hdn.8.4.5; ποδῶν δ., = ὑπόδημα, Ezek.Exag.97. II complication of a dramatic plot, opp. λύσις, Arist.Po.1455b26. III = δέσμη (prob. of a belt-purse), UPZ121.9 (cf. δεσμός 11). IV Botan.,joint, Sch.Orib.2p.743D.
German (Pape)
[Seite 550] ἡ, das Binden, die Verbindung, Plat. Crat. 418 d. In der Tragödie, die Verwickelung, Ggstz λύσις Arist. poet. 18.