κλιμάκιον
From LSJ
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of κλῖμαξ, Ar.Pax 69, Hp.Art.6, Demioprat. ap. Poll.10.171, Aristopho 4;
A κ. ξύλινον περίχρυσον ὄφεσιν ἀργυροῖς διεζωμένον IG11(2).161 B35 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. PLond.3.1164 (h) 9 (iii A.D.). 2 = κλιμακτήρ 1, Heliod. ap.Orib.48.60.1. 3 bier, Hsch. s.v. κλιματοφόρος. 4 = κλιμακίς 4, Hp.Art.6 (as τινὲς ap.Apollon.Cit.1).
