περίορθρον
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → 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
German (Pape)
[Seite 585] τό, = περιόρθριον, Thuc. 2, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
point du jour.
Étymologie: περί, ὄρθρος.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
περίορθρον -ου, τό [περί, ὄρθρος] ochtendschemering.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
περίορθρον: τό рассвет Thuc.
English (Woodhouse)
(see also: περίορθρος) time just before daybreak
