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ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk
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Revision as of 19:26, 8 February 2013
English (LSJ)
or ἆορ, ἄορος, τό (on the accent see Hdn.Gr.1.391): (ἀείρω):— properly,
A hanger or sword hung in a belt (cf. ἀορτήρ), Od.11.24; synon. with ξίφος, 10.294, cf. 321.—The masc. acc. pl., οὐκ ἄορας οὐδὲ λέβητας 17.222 (cf. Hsch.), is prob. f.l. for ἄορά γ'; Eust.1818.5 and the Scholl. ad loc. expl. ἄορας as = ὄαρας, women given as prizes (cf. ἀόρων· γυναικῶν, Hsch.), or = τρίποδας. 2 later, any weapon, ἄορ τριγλώχιν the trident, Call.Del.31; of the horn of the rhinoceros, Opp. C.2.553. [Hom. has ᾰ in dissyll. forms, as also Hes.Sc.457, Call. Hec.1.1.1; in the trisyll. forms, ᾰ Od.17.222, al., ᾱ Il.10.484, al. In Hes.Sc.221, and later Poets, ᾱ even in ἄορ, which must then be written ἆορ. Hes.Th.283 has ἄορ as monosyll., unless we read with Tricl. γένθ', ὁ δ' ἄορ χρύσειον . . .]
