ἐπιφοίτησις
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A a coming upon one, τῶν στρατιωτῶν J.AJ19.3.2 ; of a god, intervention, manifestation, ib. 17.2.4, Jul.Or.7.221c, Steph.in Hp.1.74 D. 2 frequenting, ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτῷ ποέπουσαν κοινωνίαν Procl.in Prm.p.519 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1000] ἡ, das Hinzugehen, die Ankunft, Ios. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιφοίτησις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἐπέρχεσθαι εἴς τινα· ἰδίως ἐπὶ θεοῦ, ἔμπνευσις, Ἰωσήπου Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 17. 2, 4.
