ἡμέρωσις

εως, ἡ
A. a taming, reclaiming, τῆς χώρας (by clearing it of wild beasts), D.S. 1.24; cultivation, of lands, Thphr. CP 2.4.3; of men, civilizing, Plu. Num. 6 (pl.), Scymn. 187.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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