ὀλεσίμβροτος
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ὀλεσίμβροτον, man-destroying, Orph.L. 450.
German (Pape)
[Seite 319] Menschen verderbend, tödtend, Orph. Lith. 444.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀλεσίμβροτος: -ον, ὁ καταστρέφων τοὺς βροτούς, Ὀρφ. Λιθ. 444.
Greek Monolingual
ὀλεσίμβροτος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που καταστρέφει, που αφανίζει τους θνητούς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Σύνθ. του τύπου τερψίμβροτος < θ. ολεσι- του ὄλλυμι (πρβλ. ἀπόλεσις, ὤλεσα) + -μβροτος (< βροτός «θνητός» < μροτός), πρβλ. λησίμβροτος].
