ὀροφίας
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A living under a roof, μῦς ὀ. the common mouse, opp. μ. ἀρουραῖος, Ar.V.206 ; ὀ. ὄφις a tame house-snake, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 386] ὁ, unter dem Dache, im Hause befindlich, μῦς, Hausmaus, Schol. Ar. Vesp. 206, ὄφις, Hausschlange, vgl. Ar. a. a. O.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀροφίας: -ου, ὁ, ὁ ζῶν καὶ κατοικῶν ὑπὸ στέγην, μῦς ὀρ., ὁ κοινὸς μῦς, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ μῦς ἀρουραῖος, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 206· ὀρ. ὄφις, κατοικίδιος ἢ ἥμεμος, Ἡσύχ. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 342.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
qui vit sous les toits.
Étymologie: ὀροφή.
