δίχρονος
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
English (LSJ)
ον, in Metre,
A of two quantities, common, D.H.Comp.14, Plu.2.737e, S.E.M.1.100; περὶ διχρόνων, title of treatise by Hdn.Gr. II consisting of two short syllables, [πούς] Heph.3.1, cf. Arc.139.20: metaph. of the pulse, Ruf.Syn. Puls.4.4. III equivalent to two time-units, Longin.Proll.Heph. p.87C.
German (Pape)
[Seite 647] zweizeitig, von zweifacher Sylbenlänge, anceps. Dion. Hal. u. a. Gramm.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δίχρονος: -ον, ἐν τῇ μετρικῇ, ἐπιδεχόμενος ἀμφότερα τὰ σημεία τοῦ τε μακροῦ καὶ τοῦ βραχέος, κοινὸς τὴν ποσότητα, Λατ. anceps, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Μ. 1. 100.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
t. de pros. à deux temps, càd de quantité commune (longue ou brève).
Étymologie: δίς, χρόνος.
