πτῆσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (πτῆναι)

   A flight, A.Pr.488, Arist.PA639b2, EN1174a31, Q.S.12.5 (pl.): metaph. of rapid reading, ἡ περὶ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν π. Lib.Ep.949.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 810] ἡ, das Fliegen; οἰωνῶν, Aesch. Prom. 486; Arist. eth. 10, 4, 3; πρόσγειος, Luc. pro imag. 8.