πελέκησις

εως, ἡ
A. hewing of wood, etc. , Thphr. HP 3.9.3 ; κρηπιδίων Milet. 7.60, cf. Supp.Epigr. 2.569.12 (Didyma, ii B. C.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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