ἕψησις

A. boiling, Hp. VM 5; ἡ ἕ. τῶν κρεῶν Hdt. 4.61, cf. SIG 57.34 (Milet., v B. C.); λινῶν PTeb. 406.22 (iii A. D.); smelting of ore, Thphr. HP 5.9.1; concoction, softening, Gal. 13.415, Aret. SA 2.6: pl., Pl. Plt. 303e.