κόλ-ᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
checking the growth of trees, especially almond-trees, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.18.2 (_plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 chastisement, correction, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26a, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τιμωρία, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1369b13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of divine retribution, [[NT.Matt.25.46, +others: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323e, +others, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.52 W. ] NT+5th c.BC+]