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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A silver fir, Abies cephalonica, ὑψηλή Il.5.560; περιμήκετος κετος 14.287; οὐρανομήκης Od.5.239, cf. Thphr.HP3.9.6, etc.; also, Abies pectinata, ib.5.8.3. II oar, as made of pine-wood, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν Od.12.172, cf. Il.7.5; later, ship or boat, E.Ph.208 (lyr.), Alc.444 (lyr.). III the spathe of the date inflorescence, Dsc.1.109.4 (but, = βόρασσος (q.v.), ib.5), cf. Epich.160, Gal.12.151. IV sea-weed supposed to resemble the fir, Cystoseira Abies-marina, Thphr.HP4.6.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 790] ἡ (nach den Alten schon von ἐλᾶν, ἐς ὕψος ἀνατετάσθαι, also die hoch aufschießende), Fichte, Rothtanne, pinus abies; οὐρανομήκης Od. 5, 239; öfter ὑψηλή, wie bei den Folgdn; von πεύκη unterschieden, Plat. Legg. VI, 735 c. – Uebertr., das Ruder, aus Tannenholz; ξεσταί Od. 12, 172 u. öfter; Eur. Alc. 444 δίκωπος, Kahn, u. öfter bei ihm von Schiffen. – Nach Hesych. u. Epicharm. bei Ath. II, 70 f eine Gemüseart; auch, nach Diosc., der junge Trieb der Palme.
