secondary
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → 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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
subordinate: P. and V. πάρεργος, V. δεύτερος.
(treat) as secondary: P. and V. ἐν παρέργῳ (ποιεῖσθαι, or τίθεσθαι) (acc.), V. πάρεργον ποιεῖσθαι (Euripides, Electra 63).
all else that a woman may suffer is secondary: V. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα δεύτερ' ἂν πάσχοι γυνή (Euripides, Andromache 372).
secondary to: P. ὕστερος πρός (acc.), V. ἥσσων (gen.), or use prep., ὄπισθε(ν) (gen.).
second best: P. and V. δεύτερος.
