ἔπαθλον
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
τό, prize of a contest, mostly in plural, E.Ph.52, etc.; τὰ ἔπαθλα τοῦ πολέμου Plu.Flam.15; rewards, ἀρετῆς D.S.28.4, cf. OGI455.3 (Aphrodisias, M.Antonius), Hdn.1.17.11; οὐδ' ἐπὶ σαφέσι τοῖς ἐπάθλοις not even if the advantages (of taking an emetic) were obvious, Archig. ap.Orib.8.23.2: also in sg., δοὺς ἑκάστῳ τὸ ὑπὲρ τῆς φιλοπονίας ἔπαθλον Inscr.Prien.113.31 (i B. C.); προτιθεμένου ἐ. τῷ λύσαντι γαμεῖν τὴν Ἰοκάστην D.S.4.64; ἔ. πόνων Plu.Cor.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 894] τό, Kampfpreis, Eur. Phoen. 52; τοῦ πολἐμου u. ä., Plut. Flamin. 12; Hdn. 1, 17, 24.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
prix de la lutte.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ἆθλον.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἔπαθλον: τό досл. награда победителям в состязании, перен. награда (τοῦ πολέμου Plut.): ἔπαθλά τι λαμβάνειν Eur. получить что-л. в награду.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔπαθλον: τό, ἆθλον, βραβεῖον ἀγῶνος, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ἐν τῷ πληθ., καὶ σκῆπτρ’ ἔπαθλα τῆσδε λαμβάνει χθονὸς Εὐρ. Φοίν. 52, κτλ.· τὰ ἔπ. τοῦ πολέμου Πλουτ. Φλαμ. 15· ἀμοιβαί, Ἡρῳδιαν. 1. 17, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2737b. 3, κ. ἀλλ. ― Κατὰ Πολυδ. (Γ΄, 143) «καὶ τὰ μὲν ὀνομαζόμενα ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἔπαθλα ἆθλα καλοῖτ’ ἄν».
Greek Monotonic
ἔπαθλον: τό, βραβείο αγώνα, σε Πλούτ.
