Lewis & Short

† ĕpĭphŏra, ae, f., = ἐπιφορά.

  1. I. An afflux; as a disease, a defluxion of humors, Col. 6, 17, 8; Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 103; 29, 6, 38, § 118 al. (in Cic. Fam. 16, 23, written as Greek).
  2. II. As a rhet. fig., a repetition, Rufin. de Fig. 1, 8, p. 30.