ἐπισυστέλλω
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
German (Pape)
[Seite 987] immer mehr zusammenziehen, Arist. rhet. 3, 2; κοιλία ἐπισυνεσταλμένη, Schol. Ar. Plut. 301.
French (Bailly abrégé)
part. pf. Pass. ἐπισυνεσταλμένος;
resserrer ensemble, contracter.
Étymologie: ἐπί, συστέλλω.