digression
From LSJ
Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἐκτροπή, ἡ, πλάνη, ἡ, ἐκβολὴ λόγου, ἡ.
make a digression: P. ἐκβολὴν τοῦ λόγου ποιεῖσθαι (Thuc. 1, 97).