ἱερόχθων
From LSJ
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
English (LSJ)
poet. ἱρ-, ὁ, ἡ, gen. ονος,
A of hallowed soil, βῶλος IG14.1389ii27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1243] ονος, βῶλος, eine Scholle von heiliger Erde, Herod. Attic. in der Anth. (App. 50, 27).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱερόχθων: ποιητ. ἱρ-, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἐξ ἱερᾶς γῆς, οὐ θέμις ἀμφὶ νέκυσσι βαλεῖν ἱερόχθονα βῶλον Ἀνθ. Π. παράρτ. 50. 27.
