δρυτόμος
ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater
English (LSJ)
δρυτόμον, woodcutter, Il.11.86, Theoc.5.64, Philostr.Im.2.33, al.; cf. δρυοτόμος. [δρῡ- Q.S.9.163,453, 13.56.]
Spanish (DGE)
(δρῠτόμος) -ον
• Prosodia: [-ῡ- Q.S.9.163, 453, 13.56]
1 que tala árboles, que corta madera, leñador δ. περ ἀνὴρ ... οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃσιν Il.11.86, cf. 16.633, Theoc.5.64.
2 subst. μήτι τοι δ. μέγ' ἀμείνων ἐὴ βίηφι por su maña es mucho mejor el leñador que por su fuerza, Il.23.315, cf. AP 7.191.2 (Arch.), 9.419.5 (Crin.), Aesop.22.1, Opp.H.5.250, Philostr.Her.26.2, Q.S.9.163, 13.56, Colluth.198, Nonn.D.2.104, 37.14, δρυτόμῳ ... μακρῆς ἐγγὺς ἐντυχὼν πεύκης habiendo encontrado un leñador junto a un gran pino Babr.92.3, cf. 38.1, 50.3, Ἑλλὸς ὁ δ. en la fundación del oráculo de Dodona, Philostr.Im.2.33, cf. tb. δουροτόμος, δρυοτόμος.
• Diccionario Micénico: du-ru-to-mo.
German (Pape)
[Seite 670] p. = δρυοτόμος, Holz fällend, substantivisch = der Holzfäller, vgl. δρῦς; Homer dreimal, Iliad. 11, 86. 16, 633. 23, 315; – sp. D., wie Opp. H. 5, 250; δρυτόμος Qu. Sm. 13, 56.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
c. δρυοτόμος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
δρῠτόμος: ὁ Hom., Plut. = δρυοτόμος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δρυτόμος: -ον, ποιητ. ἀντὶ δρυοτόμος, Ἰλ. Λ. 86· ἀλλὰ δρῡἐν ἄρσει, Κόϊντ Σμ. 9. 163., 13. 56.
English (Autenrieth)
(τέμνω): woodcutter, woodman; with ἀνήρ, Il. 11.86.
Greek Monolingual
Greek Monotonic
δρῠτόμος: ὁ (τέμνω), ξυλοκόπος, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
Middle Liddell
δρῠ-τόμος, ὁ, n τέμνω
a wood-cutter, Il.
Translations
lumberjack
Albanian: druvar; Arabic: حَطَّاب; Armenian: անտառահատ, ծառահատ, փայտահատ; Aromanian: limnar; Assamese: খৰিকটীয়া; Azerbaijani: odunçu; Belarusian: лесаруб, драўні́к, дрывасек; Bulgarian: дървосекач, дървар; Catalan: llenyataire; Chinese Mandarin: 伐木工; Czech: dřevorubec; Danish: skovhugger; Dutch: houthakker; Esperanto: arbohakisto; Estonian: puuraidur; Faroese: skóghøggari; Finnish: metsuri; French: bûcheron; Galician: leñador, fragueiro; Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი; German: Holzfäller, Holzfällerin; Greek: ξυλοκόπος, υλοτόμος; Ancient Greek: δουροτόμος, δρυμοτόμος, δενδροτόμος, δρυοτόμος, δρυηκόπος, δρυτόμος, ξυλοκόπος, ὑλοτόμος, ὑλητόμος, ὑλατόμος; Hindi: लकड़हारा; Hungarian: favágó; Icelandic: skógarhöggsmaður; Irish: lománaí; Italian: boscaiolo, tagliaboschi; Japanese: 樵, 木こり; Kashubian: rãbca; Kazakh: ағаш кесуші, отыншы; Korean: 나무꾼; Kyrgyz: отунчу; Latin: lignator; Latvian: kokcirtējs; Lithuanian: medkirtys; Macedonian: дрвосечач, дрвар; Norwegian Bokmål: tømmerhugger; Old English: wuduhēawere; Ottoman Turkish: اوطونجی; Persian: چوببر; Polish: drwal; Portuguese: lenhador, madeireiro; Romanian: lemnar; Russian: лесоруб, дровосек, вальщик леса; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: дрво̀сеча, дрво̀сјеча; Roman: drvòseča, drvòsječa; Slovak: drevorubač; Slovene: drvar; Spanish: leñador, talador; Swedish: skogshuggare; Tagalog: magkakahoy; Tajik: ҳезум-бур, ҳезумкаш; Turkish: oduncu, ormancı; Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎉𐎁; Ukrainian: лісоруб, дроворуб; Venetian: boschier, buschier; Vietnamese: tiều phu; Walloon: bokion, boskiyon, abateu; Welsh: coedwigwr, cymynwr coed; Yiddish: האָלצהעקער
woodcutter
Arabic: حَطَّاب; Armenian: փայտահատ; Azerbaijani: odunçu; Belarusian: дрывасек, драўні́к, лесаруб; Bulgarian: дървосекач, дървар; Catalan: estellador, estelladora; Chinese Mandarin: 樵夫; Czech: dřevorytec; Dutch: houthakker; Estonian: puuraidur; Finnish: puunhakkaaja; French: bûcheron; Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი; German: Holzfäller, Holzhacker; Greek: ξυλοκόπος, υλοτόμος; Ancient Greek: δουροτόμος, δρυμοτόμος, δενδροτόμος, δρυοτόμος, δρυηκόπος, δρυτόμος, ξυλοκόπος, ὑλοτόμος, ὑλητόμος, ὑλατόμος; Hungarian: favágó; Italian: taglialegna; Japanese: 樵; Korean: 나무꾼; Macedonian: дрвосечач, дрвар; Persian: چوببر; Polish: drwal; Russian: дровосек, лесоруб, дроворуб; Slovak: drevorubač, drevorytec; Slovene: drvar; Tajik: ҳезум-бур, ҳезумкаш; Turkish: oduncu; Ukrainian: дроворі́з, дроворуб, лісоруб