- μώλυσις
- μώλ-ῡσις, εως, ἡ,A imperfect boiling, parboiling, scalding, simmering, opp. ἕψησις, Arist.Mete.381a12, al.;
ἀπεψία τις ἡ μ. ἐστι Id.GA776a8
; of rapidly growing cereals, ὥσπερ τὰ ἐπὶ τὸ ζέον ἐμβαλλόμενα τῶν ἑψομένων, οὐδεμίαν . . οὐδὲ κἀκεῖνα λαμβάνει μ., i.e. they 'cook' too suddenly, without 'simmering', Thphr.CP4.9.6. (Written [full] μώλυσις and [full] μώλυνσις in some codd. of Arist.Mete.379a2,b14, 381a12,22; [full] μόλυνσις in nearly all codd. of Id.Mete.381b14, GA l.c., Thphr. l.c.; cf. μωλύω.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.