ἐφεκτικός

A. able to check or stop, κοιλίας Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 8.355e, Mnesith. ap. eund.2.57d; ἱδρώτων Dsc. 1.30; ἀφροδισίων Gp. 12.27.3 (Comp.); σηπεδόνων Dsc. 5.109.

II. practising suspense of judgement, of the Sceptics, Stoic. 2.37, Gell. 11.5.6, Philostr. VS 1.8.4, D.L. Prooem. 16, Syrian. in Metaph. 73.16. Adv. -κῶς Arr. Epict. 1.14.7.

III. Geom., ἐ. τόπος immobile locus, opp. διεξοδικός (q.v.), Apollon.Perg. Fr. 22.