ὀθόνη
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fine linen, in Hom. always pl., fine linen cloths, Od.7.107 ; of a woman's dress, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν Il.3.141, cf. 18.595 ; ὀθόναις ἐσταλμένος Luc.DMort.3.2 : sg., a cloth, Act.Ap.10.11, 11.5, Gal.11.134, 6.795. 2 later, sails, πνεύσεται εἰς ὀθόνας AP12.53.8 (Mel.), cf. 10.5 (Thyill.) : sg., sail-cloth, sail, Luc.JTr.46, VH2.37. 3 in pl., of the membranes that enclose the pupil of the eye, Emp.84.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 296] ἡ, seine, weiße Leinwand, u. daraus gemachte seine, leichte Kleider der Frauen; ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν, Il. 3, 141; αἱ μὲν λεπτὰς ὀθόνας ἔχον, 18, 595; καιροσέων δ' ὀθονέων, Od. 7, 107, s. καιροσέων; für »Segel« steht es im plur. Satyr. 5 (X, 5), wie νεῶν Mel. 80 (XII, 53); auch Luc. oft, ὁ ἄνεμος ἐμπίπτων τῇ ὀθόνῃ Iov. Trag. 46, Segel, wie V. H. 2, 38, u. öfter für seine Leinwand, Gewand, ἐσταλμένος ταῖς ὀθόναις γελοίως Mort. D. 3, 2.
