ὑπτίασμα
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which is laid back, ὑπτιάσματα χερῶν attitudes of supplication with hands upstretched, A.Pr.1005; ὑ. κειμένου πατρός his father's body as it lies supine, Id.Ag.1285.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπτίασμα: τό, τὸ κείμενον ὕπτιον, ὑπτιάσματα χερῶν, στάσις ὑπτία, στάσις τῶν χειρῶν ἱκετεύοντος, Λατ. supinis manibus, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 1005· τὸ πτῶμα, ὁ θάνατος, ὑπτίασμα κειμένου πατρός, τὸ σῶμα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τὸ κείμενον ὕπτιον, δηλ. ὁ θάνατος αὐτοῦ, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀγαμ. 1284.
