μώλυσις
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A imperfect boiling, parboiling, scalding, simmering, opp. ἕψησις, Arist.Mete.381a12, al.; ἀπεψία τις ἡ μ. ἐστι Id.GA776a8; of rapidly growing cereals, ὥσπερ τὰ ἐπὶ τὸ ζέον ἐμβαλλόμενα τῶν ἑψομένων, οὐδεμίαν . . οὐδὲ κἀκεῖνα λαμβάνει μ., i.e. they 'cook' too suddenly, without 'simmering', Thphr.CP4.9.6. (Written μώλυσις and μώλυνσις in some codd. of Arist.Mete.379a2,b14, 381a12,22; μόλυνσις in nearly all codd. of Id.Mete.381b14, GA l.c., Thphr. l.c.; cf. μωλύω.)
