κολοκάσιον

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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get

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Transliteration A: kolokásion Transliteration B: kolokasion Transliteration C: kolokasion Beta Code: koloka/sion

English (LSJ)

[ᾱ], τό, Nic.Fr.82, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.3.73a, Dsc.2.106; or κολοκασία, ἡ, Plin.HN21.87, v.l. in Dsc. l.c.:—A the root of κύαμος Αἰγύπτιος, Nelumbium speciosum, ll.cc., Verg.E.4.20, etc. 2 Κολοκασία, surname of Athena at Sicyon, Ath.3.72b.

German (Pape)

[ᾱ], τό, die ägyptische Bohne, eine der Wasserlilie ähnliche Pflanze, mit großen rosenroten Blumen, deren Früchte, Bohnen, wie selbst die Wurzeln und Stengel als wohlschmeckende Speise galten; Ath. III.72b ff.; Galen. und andere Spätere Aus ihren großen Blättern machte man Becher und Trinkschalen, κιβώρια, vgl. Voß zu Virgil. Eclog. 4.20 p. 196.