κυδωνιάω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
A swell like a quince, μαζὸς κυδωνιᾷ APl.4.182 (Leon.); κυδωνιῶντες οἱ μαστοὶ τὴν ἀμπεχόνην ἐξωθοῦσι Aristaenet.1.1, cf. 3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1525] wie eine Quitte, ein kydonischer Apfel sein, schwellen, strotzen, von den Brüsten, Leon. Tar. 41 (Plan. 182), κυδωνιῶντες οἱ μαστοί Aristaenet. 1, 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κῠδωνιάω: ἐξογκοῦμαι ὡς κυδώνιον, Λατ. sororiare, μαζὸς κυδωνιᾷ Ἀνθ. Πλ. 182· κυδωνιῶντες οἱ μαζοὶ τὴν ἀμπεχόνην ἐξωθοῦσι Ἀρισταίν. 1. 1· πρβλ. τὸ ἑπόμ. καὶ τὴν λέξιν μῆλον Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
gonfler comme un coing.
Étymologie: Κύδωνες.
