ἑφθός
From LSJ
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, verb. Adj. of ἕψω,
A boiled, of meat or fish, Hdt.2.77, Hp.VM13, E.Cyc.246, Ar.Pax717, Ecphantid.1, Pl.R.404c, etc.; of vegetables, Antiph.6; of water, Arist.Mete.380b10; of a hot bath, ἑφθόν [με] . . πεποίηκεν Antiph.245. 2 ἑφθὸς χρυσός refined gold, Simon.64. II metaph., languid, unnerved, Hp.Epid.4.16.
