ἐπέρεισις
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A pressure, Dsc.5.77, Sor.2.10, Heliod. ap. Orib.10.37.7, Gal.2.386; of the objects of sense, impact, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.233, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 917] ἡ, das Daraufstützen, -stämmen, χειρός, ποδός, Sext. Emp. Pyrrh. 1, 54 adv. log. 1, 220; das Richten des Auges worauf, Clem. Al.