πίεςις

εως, ἡ
A. squeezing, compression, Arist. PA 687b11 (pl.), Mete. 387a16; pinching, ποδῶν Aret. CA 1.2; pressure, close contact, Gal. 18(2).398.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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