θνῆσις
From LSJ
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A mortality, in a plague, Ruf.Fr.69; πολλὴ θ. γέγονε Stud.Pal.22.338 (i A.D.); νηπίων Cat.Cod.Astr.7.126.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1212] ἡ, das Sterben, erst sehr Sp.