ἐπίσπασις
From LSJ
ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → but he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, drawing in, τῆς τροφῆς Arist.Spir.482a15, cf. Thphr. CP 1.17.6, etc.; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ στόματος, in sucking in liquid, Alex. Aphr.Pr.2.59.
German (Pape)
[Seite 980] ἡ, das An-, Zuziehen, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίσπᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, ἐφέλκυσις, καὶ τὴν ἐπίσπασιν τῆς τροφῆς Ἀριστ. π. Πνεύμ. 2. 10, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 1. 17, 6. κτλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπίσπᾰσις: εως ἡ втягивание (τῆς τροφῆς Arst.).
