παῦλα · paula — LSJ
rest, pause, end of it
rest, pause, S. OC 88 ; οὐκ ἐν παύλῃ ἐφαίνετο there seemed to be no end of it, Th. 6.60.
2 cessation, end, means of stopping
c. gen., π. νόσου cessation or end of disease, S. Ph. 1329, cf. Hp. Mul. 2.124 ; κακῶν S. Tr. 1255, Plu. Thes. 15 ; μόχθων prob. in B. 9.8 ; παροξυσμοῦ Gal. 10.604 ; παῦλαν ἔχον κινήσεως παῦλαν ἔχει ζωῆς Pl. Phdr. 245c ; ἡδονὴν . . παῦλαν λύπης εἶναι Id. R. 584b ; π. ταῖς γυναιξὶ τοῦ τεκνοῦσθαι Arist. HA 585a35 ; ἡ π. τῆς τεκνοποιίας Id. Pol. 1335a31 ; παῦλάν τινʼ αὐτῶν some means of stopping them, X. An. 5.7.32. (Written παῦλλα Puchstein Epigr.Gr. p.7.)