ἔλυτρον

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ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvi­ous one, invisible connection is stronger than visi­ble, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see

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Full diacritics: ἔλυτρον Medium diacritics: ἔλυτρον Low diacritics: έλυτρον Capitals: ΕΛΥΤΡΟΝ
Transliteration A: élytron Transliteration B: elytron Transliteration C: elytron Beta Code: e)/lutron

English (LSJ)

τό, (εἰλύω)

   A couering:    1 bow-case, S.Fr.1043 (pl.); sheath of a spear, Ar.Ach.1120; mirror-case, IG2.706Ab13; χοᾶ ἐν ἐ. ib.11 (2).219B76 (Delos, iii B.C.); case of a shield, D.S.20.11 (pl.).    2 sheath of the spinal cord, Hp.Art.45: the shard of a beetle's wing, Arist.HA532a23; shell of a crab, Ael.NA9.43; of the eye-lids, Arist. de An.421b29; of the umbilical cord, Id.HA586b23.    3 husk or capsule of seeds, J.AJ3.7.6; the flowering glume of ζέα δίκοκκος, Dsc. 2.89.    4 the body, as being the case or shell of the soul, Pl.R.588e, Poet. ap. Luc.Demon.44.    5 reservoir for water, Hdt.1.185,4.173, Paus.2.27.7, al.; tank for fish, Palaeph.27. (Cf. Skt. varútram 'cloak', varūtár- 'protector'.) [ῠ Ar.l.c.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 803] τό (ἐλύω), Hülle, Futteral; τὸ ἔξω ἔλυτρον Plat. Rep. IX, 588 e; τοῦ δόρατος Ar. Ach. 1120; τῶν ἀσπίδων D. Sic. 20, 11 u. Sp.; τοῦ ὕδατος, Wasserbehälter, Cisterne, Her. 1, 185; ὑδάτων 4, 173, vgl. 1, 185; – die Flügeldecke der Insekten, Arist. H. A. 4, 7; Poll. 2, 69; die Schale des Krebses, Ael. N. A. 9, 43; Hülfe, Schale von Früchten, Diosc. u. A.; der Körper als Hülle der Seele, Luc. Demon. 44.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἔλυτρον: τό, (ἐλύω) = κάλυμμα, περικάλυμμα, ὡς, 1) ἡ θήκη δόρατος, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 1120· τὸ περικάλυμμα ἀσπίδος, Διόδ. 20. 11. 2) τὸ ἐπικάλυμμα τῶν πτερῶν κανθάρου, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 4. 12., 4. 7, 8· τὸ ὄστρακον καρκίνου, Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 9. 43· ἐπὶ βλεφάρων Ἀριστ. π. Ψυχ. 2. 9, 12, πρβλ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 7. 8, 6. 3) τὸ περικάλυμμα σπόρων, Διοσκ. 2. 111. 4) τὸ σῶμα ὡς ὃν τὸ περικάλυμμα τῆς ψυχῆς, Πλάτ. Πολ. 588Ε, ποιητὴς παρὰ Λουκ. ἐν Δημών. 44. 5) μέρος πρὸς συναγωγὴν ὕδατος, δεξαμενή, Ἡρόδ. 1. 185., 4. 173, Παυσ. 2. 27., 7, κ. ἀλλ.