κατευχή
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A prayer, vow, A.Ch.477 (anap.), Plu.Dio 24 (pl.); κ. καὶ σπονδαί OGI309.7 (Teos, ii B.C.), cf. SIG589.7 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.).