ἀλάθητος
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)
[λᾱ], ον,
A gloss on ἄληστος, Suid.: coupled with ἄλαστος, Sch.E.Hec.685. 2 not escaping detection, Astramps. Orac.13.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 88] 1) nicht zu vergessen, VLL. – 2) dem Nichts entgeht; τὸ θεῖον Aesop. 16.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλάθητος: [λᾱ], ον, = ἄληστος, ὃν οὐδὲν λανθάνει, οὗ τὴν προσοχὴν ἢ μνήμην οὐδὲν διαφεύγει, Αἴσωπ., Εὐστ. καὶ μεταγενέσ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
à qui l’on ne cache rien, à qui rien n’échappe.
Étymologie: ἀ, λανθάνω.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
• Prosodia: [ᾰλᾱ-]
1 que no pasa inadvertido, inolvidable ἀλάθητα ἔργα ποιῶν Sch.E.Hec.685D., κακά Eust.1415.12, Sud.s.u. ἄληστος.
2 al que no le pasa nada inadvertido, que todo lo ve τὸ θεῖον Aesop.36.2, 3, 67.2.
