ἐπίκλυσις
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A overflow, flood, Th.3.89; ποταμοῦ Thphr.Fr.171.11: pl., Them. Or.13.167b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 950] ἡ, das Ueberströmen, Thuc. 3, 89.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίκλῠσις: -εως, ἡ, πλημμύρα, Θουκ. 3. 89, Θεοφρ. Ἀποσπ. 11. 12.