λυκόφθαλμος
From LSJ
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)
ἡ, A wolf-eye, a precious stone, Plin.HN37.187.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῠκόφθαλμος: ὁ, λύκου ὀφθαλμός, πολύτιμός τις λίθος, Πλίν. 37. 72.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
« œil de loup », sorte de pierre précieuse.
Étymologie: λύκος, ὀφθαλμός.
Greek Monolingual
λυκόφθαλμος, ἡ (Α)
είδος πολύτιμου λίθου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λύκος + ὀφθαλμός (πρβλ. γλαυκ-όφθαλμος, μεγαλ-όφθαλμος)].
