ὄτλος
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A suffering, distress, arising from a thing, παιδείας ὄτλον A. Th.18; νυμφείων ὄτλον S.Tr.7 (as the Sch., though the Ms. gives ὄκνον). (ὄτλος, ὀτλέω, ὀτλήμων seem to be cogn. with τάλας, τλῆναι, τλήμων.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 405] ὁ (wohl mit τλῆναι zusammenhangend), Leid, Drangsal, Elend, VLL. erkl. μόχθος, κακοπάθεια; ἅπαντα πανδοκοῦσα παιδείας ὄτλον, Aesch. Spt. 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὄτλος: ὁ, πάθημα, κακοπραγία προερχομένη ἔκ τινος πράγματος, κακοπάθεια, παιδείας ὄτλον Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 18· νυμφείων ὄτλον Σοφ. Τρ. 7 (κατὰ τὸν Σχολ., ἂν καὶ τὰ Ἀντίγραφ. ἔχουσιν ὄκνον, ταύτην δὲ τὴν γραφὴν διετήρησεν ὁ Jebb ἐν τῷ κειμένῳ ὡς μᾶλλον προσήκουσαν). (ὄτλος, ὀτλέω, ὀτλήμων φαίνεται ὅτι ἐσχηματίσθησαν ἐκ τῆς √ΤΑΛ, τάλας, τλῆναι, τλήμων, μετὰ τοῦ εὐφωνικοῦ ο ἀκριβῶς ὡς τὰ ἄτλας, ἄθλιος, παράγεται ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης μετὰ τοῦ α εὐφων.). - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ὄτλος. μόχθος».
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
douleur, peine, mal.
Étymologie: ὀ- prosth. et R. Ταλ, supporter ; cf. τλάω.
Greek Monotonic
ὄτλος: ὁ, επιβάρυνση, ταλαιπωρία, σε Αισχύλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὄτλος: ὁ τλῆναι страдание, мучение, тягость Aesch.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: burden, load, suffering (A. Th. 18, S. Tr. 7 sch.)
Derivatives: ὀτλ-έω (Call., A. R., Lyc.), -εύω (A. R., Babr.) to bear, to undergo, -ημα n. distress (H., Theognost.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Verbal noun to τλῆ-ναι bear, suffer with init. ὀ-, prob. rhythm. conditioned vowel-prothesis rather than (with Kretschmer KZ 36, 268) prefix; cf. Schwyzer 412 w. lit. The vowel-prohesis cannot be explained, so the explanation is wrong. The word will be Pre-Greek.
Middle Liddell
ὄτλος, ὁ,
a burden, distress, Aesch.
Frisk Etymology German
ὄτλος: {ótlos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Bürde, Last, Beschwerde (A. Th. 18, S. Tr. 7 Sch.)
Derivative: mit ὀτλέω (Kall., A. R., Lyk.), -εύω (A. R., Babr.) ‘ertragen, er- dulden’, -ημα n. Mühsal (H., Theognost.).
Etymology : Verbalnomen zu τλῆναι ‘(er)tragen’ mit anlaut. ὀ-, wohl eher rhythmisch bedingte Vokalprothese als (mit Kretschmer KZ 36, 268) Präfix; vgl. Schwyzer 412 m. Lit. Laryngalbetrachtungen bei Austin Lang. 17, 88.
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