ἐπάρδευσις

εως, ἡ
A. watering: hence, shower, of rain, Epicur. Ep. 2p.44U.: metaph., in pl., influx, ib.p.38U.
2. irrigation, POxy. 1631.14 (iii A.D.), al.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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