ἐπίσταξις

From LSJ

εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor

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Full diacritics: ἐπίσταξις Medium diacritics: ἐπίσταξις Low diacritics: επίσταξις Capitals: ΕΠΙΣΤΑΞΙΣ
Transliteration A: epístaxis Transliteration B: epistaxis Transliteration C: epistaksis Beta Code: e)pi/stacis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, f.l. for στάξις in Hp.Prorrh.1.148.

German (Pape)

[Seite 982] ἡ, das Darauftröpfeln; wiederholtes Tröpfeln, bes. Nasenbluten, Hippocr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίσταξις: -εως, ἡ, αἱμορραγία ῥινὸς (ἡ λέξις φαίνεται ἐφθαρμένη), Ἱππ. 80. 18· πρβλ. ἐπιστάζω ἐν τέλει.