λακτιστής
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)
οῦ, ὁ,
A one who kicks or tramples, ἵπποι λ. kicking horses, X.Mem.3.3.4; of a man, Plu.2.10c; ληνοῦ λ. treader of the winepress, AP9.403 (Maec.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 9] ὁ, der mit dem Fuße Ausschlagende, mit der Ferse Stoßende, Xen. Mem. 3, 3, 4 u. Sp.; – ληνοῦ, der Kelterer, Qu. Maec. 11 (IX, 403).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λακτιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ λακτίζων, ἵπποι λ., ἵπποι λακτίζοντες, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 3, 4, πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2. 10C· λ. ληνοῦ, ὁ πατῶν τὰς σταφυλὰς ἐν τῷ ληνῷ, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 403.
