ἐπιζάω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἐπιζώω,
A survive, εἰ ἐπέζωσε Hdt.1.120; ἂν ὡς ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐπιζώῃ Pl.Lg.661c (-ζώιη cod.), cf. Eus.Mynd.38, etc.: me taph.of envy, Plu.Num.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 941] (s. ζάω), darüber, länger leben, überleben, Plut. Pomp. 53 Num. 22 u. öfter, wie a. Sp. Bei Plat. Legg. II, 661 c ist ἂν ἐπιζῴη in ἐπιζῇ zu ändern. Vgl. das ion. ἐπιζώω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
seul. prés. et ao. ἐπέζησα;
vivre après, survivre.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ζάω.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπιζάω: Ιων. -ζώω, μέλ. -ζήσω, Ιων. -ζώσω· επιβιώνω, επιζώ, σε Ηρόδ., Πλάτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπιζάω: ион. ἐπιζώω оставаться в живых (после кого-л.), переживать (ὀλίγον χρόνον Plut.): εἰ ἐπέζωσε καὶ μὴ ἀπέθανε πρότερον Her. (ребенок Кир будет царствовать), если выживет, а не умрет раньше.
