σταλαγμός

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ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater

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Transliteration A: stalagmós Transliteration B: stalagmos Transliteration C: stalagmos Beta Code: stalagmo/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A dropping, dripping, from the mouth of horses and hunted animals, A.Th.61, Eu.247, cf.783 (lyr.); φόνου E.Hec.241 (pl.); αἵματος Id.Ion 351,1003 (pl.); of a profuse sweat, Hp.Aph.7.85, cf. Gal.19.140; ὁ σ. κατατρίβει τοὺς λίθους Arist.Ph.253b15; κίονες πεπήγασιν ἀπό τινων σ., of stalactites, Id.Mir.834b32; also σμύρνης S.Fr.370 (pl.): metaph., σ. εἰρήνης the least drop of... Ar.Ach.1033; τύχης σ. Diog.Sinop.2; contemptuously of a little man, Anaxandr.34.3. (σταλαγμούς is unmetrical in Arat.966: σταλαημούς cj. Koechly, cf. σταλεηδόνες.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 928] ὁ, das Getröpfel; πρὸς αἱμα καὶ σταλαγμὸν ἐκμαστεύομεν, Aesch. Eum. 238. 753; Soph. irg. 341; αἵματος, Eur. Ion 351. 1006; Ar. Ach. 997.