ἴξαλος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον, epith. of the Ibex,= τέλειος acc. to Ar.Byz. ap. Eust. 1625.33, or
A bounding, springing (as Sch.Il., Hsch., etc.), or = τομίας (as Porph. ap. Sch.Il.), ἰξάλου αἰγὸς ἀγρίου Il.4.105, cf. AP6.32 (Agath.), 113 (Simm.), 9.99 (Leon.). (Perh. borrowed fr. Asia Minor.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1255] ὁ (nach VLL. entweder von ἀΐσσω, πηδητικός, od. von ἵξαι u. ἅλλεσθαι, richtiger wohl von ἵκω unmittelbar, wenn es nicht ein eigener Stamm ist), Beiwort der wilden Ziege, des Steinbocks, kletternd, τόξον ἐΰξοον ἰξάλο υ αἰγός Il. 4, 105, Schol. zu vgl.; ἴξαλος εὐπώγων αἰγὸς πόσις Leon. Tar. 61 (XI, 99); Ag. 29 (VI, 32).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἴξᾰλος: -ον, ἐπίθ. τῆς ἀγρίας αἰγὸς (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. αἴξ), ἰξάλου αἰγὸς ἀγρίου Ἰλ. Δ. 105 (ἔνθα ἴδε Σχόλ.), πρβλ. Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 32, 113., 9. 00· -ἑρμηνεύεται διὰ τοῦ πηδητικός, ὁρμητικός, καὶ κοινῶς ἐτυμολογεῖται ἐκ τοῦ ἀΐσσω, ὡς εἰ ἦν ἀΐξαλος (πρβλ. αἴξ, αἰγός).
