ζῆσις
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, vitalization, Dam.Pr.83bis.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζῆσις: -εως, ζωή, Στοβ. Ἐκλ. Φυσ. 262.