ξύλληψις

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

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
anc. att. c. σύλληψις.

German (Pape)

altatt. = σύλληψις.

Lexicon Thucydideum

comprehensio, arrest, 1.134.1.