ἀνδράχλη
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
ἡ, said to be Att. form for ἀνδράχνη (1), Hellad. ap. Phot. Bibl.p.533B., S.Fr.823, but in this passage, as in Thphr.HP1.5.2, 1.9.3, =
A Arbutus Andrachne. II warming-pan or brazier, Eust. 1571.25, Poet. ap. Suid. ἄνδραχλος, ἡ, = ἀνδράχνη, EM102.36, v.l. in Thphr.HP4.15.2. ἀνδράχνη, ἡ, purslane, Portulaca oleracea, Id.CP1.10.4, al., Dsc.2.124, Luc.Trag.151, prob.l. in Pl. Com.44; ἀ. κηπαία Dsc.4.168. 2 ἀ. ἀγρία, = πεπλίς, Dsc.4.168; but = Sedum stellatum, stonecrop, ib.90; also=τηλέφιον, Ps.-Dsc.2.186, Gal.19.146. 3 ἀ. θαλασσία, = πεπλίς, Ps.-Dsc.4.168. ἄνδραχνος, ἡ, = ὰνδράχλη, Paus.9.22.2 and 28.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 217] (ἄνθραξ), Kohlenbecken, VLL.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνδράχλη: ἡ, λέγεται ὅτι εἶναι ὁ Ἀττ. τύπος τῆς λέξεως ἀνδράχνη (Ι.), Ἑλλάδ. παρὰ Φωτίῳ Βιβλ. σ. 533. 26. ΙΙ. ἀγγεῖον πρὸς θέρμανσιν, ἐσχάρας εἶδος ἢ ὑποπόδιον πύραυνον, «τὸ ἰδιωτικῶς γυναικεῖον ποδαρούλιον» Εὐστ. 1571. 25 (ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ πιθαν. συγγενὲς τῷ ἄνθραξ).
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
I bot.
1 verdolaga, Portulaca olerácea L., S.Fr.823, Hellad. en Phot.Bibl.533a, cf. ἀνδράχνη.
2 madroño de Levante, Arbutus andrachne L.Thphr.HP 1.5.2, 1.9.3, 4.15.2, Plin.HN 13.121.
II brasero o quizá bañera (bidé) para la higiene femenina, Sud., Eust.1571.25.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀνδράχνη.
