ἑλειοβάτης
From LSJ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ,
A walking the marsh, marsh-dwelling, A.Pers. 39 (anap.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 794] ὁ, sumpfdurchschreitend, Sumpfbewohner, Aesch. Pers. 39.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλειοβάτης: ᾰ, ου, ὁ, ὁ περιπατῶν εἰς τὰ ἕλη, κατοικῶν ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι, καὶ ἑλειοβάται ναῶν ἐρέται δεινοὶ πλῆθος, «ἑλειοβάται: οἱ τὸ Αἰγύπτιον ἕλος οἰκοῦντες· ἢ κοινῶς Αἰγύπτιοι· ἑλώδης γὰρ ἡ Αἴγυπτος» (Σχόλ.), Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 39· κατ’ ἄλλους οἱ κάτοικοι τοῦ Δέλτα τοῦ Νείλου, πρβλ. Θουκ. 1. 110.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
qui fréquente les marécages.
Étymologie: ἕλειος, βαίνω.
