ἕψησις
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A boiling, Hp.VM 5; ἡ ἕ. τῶν κρεῶν Hdt.4.61, cf. SIG57.34 (Milet., v B. C.); λινῶν PTeb.406.22 (iii A. D.); smelting of ore, Thphr.HP5.9.1; concoction, softening, Gal.13.415, Aret.SA2.6: pl., Pl.Plt.303e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1132] ἡ, das Kochen, τῶν κρεῶν Her. 4, 61; im plur., ταῖς ἑψήσεσι μόγις ἀφαιρεθέντα, Plat. Polit. 303 e; – das Schmelzen, Theophr.
