εὕρεσις

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οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνειν → chase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine

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Full diacritics: εὕρεσις Medium diacritics: εὕρεσις Low diacritics: εύρεσις Capitals: ΕΥΡΕΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: heúresis Transliteration B: heuresis Transliteration C: eyresis Beta Code: eu(/resis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A a finding, discovery, Pl.R.336e, Cra.436a; οὐχ εὕ. τοῦτ' ἔστιν, ἀλλ' ἀφαίρεσις Men.Epit.102.    II of writings, invention, conception, παρασκευήν, ἣν οἱ παλαιοὶ καλοῦσιν εὕρεσιν, opp. χρῆσις, D.H.Dem.51, cf. Stoic.2.96.