ἐπίσπασις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A drawing in, τῆς τροφῆς Arist.Spir.482a15, cf. Thphr.CP1.17.6, etc.; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ στόματος, in sucking in liquid, Alex. Aphr.Pr.2.59.

German (Pape)

[Seite 980] ἡ, das An-, Zuziehen, Theophr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίσπᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, ἐφέλκυσις, καὶ τὴν ἐπίσπασιν τῆς τροφῆς Ἀριστ. π. Πνεύμ. 2. 10, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 1. 17, 6. κτλ.