ἀπολίθωσις
From LSJ
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A petrifaction, Pherecyd. 12 J., Thphr.Lap.50, Sch.11.2.319: metaph., Arr.Epict.1.5.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 312] ἡ, die Versteinerung, Theophr. u. A.