ἐκπέτομαι
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
(ἐκπετ-πέταμαι Arist.HA554b1), fut.
A -πτήσομαι Ar.V.208 : aor. ἐξεπτόμην, part. -πτόμενος Id.Av.788 ; also ἐξεπτάμην E.El.944, Pl.Ti.81e, ἐκπτάμενος Ἀθηνᾶ 20.249 (Chios) : also in act. form ἐξέπτην Hes.Op.98, Batr.211, Ant. Lib.1.5, Palaeph.12 : for aor. ἐξεπετάσθην, v. πέτομαι :—fly out or away, ll. cc. : metaph.,ἔπαινοι Ἔρωσι μικροῖς ἐοικότες ἐκπετόμενοι Luc.Rh.Pr.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 772] = ἐκπέταμαι, part. praes., Arist. H. A. 9, 40 (626, 32).
