shell
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αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
shell of an egg: V. ὄστρακον, τό (Aesch., Fragment), Ar. λεπίς, ἡ; κέλυφος, τό.
a white egg-shell: V. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν (Eur., Helen 258).
having just come out of the shell: V. ἄρτι γυμνὸς ὀστράκων (Aesch., Fragment).
of a tortoise: Ar. δέρμα, τό; κέλυφος, τό.
of a fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό.
husk: Ar. and P. λέμμα, τό; see husk.
shell trumpet: V. κόχλος, ὁ.
Met., cover, case: Ar. and P. ἔλυτρον, τό (Plato), P. and V. κύτος, τό.
shell fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch., Fragment), Ar. and P. κόγχη, ἡ (Xen.), V. μῦς, ὁ (Aesch., Fragment), κόγχος, ὁ (Aesch., Fragment).
