ὄρπηξ
ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀεὶ ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐὰν ἀεὶ σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
English (LSJ)
Att. ὅρπηξ, ηκος, Aeol. and Dor. ὄρπαξ, ᾱκος, ὁ,
A sapling, young shoot, Il.21.38, Pi.Parth.2.7, A.R.4.1425, Theoc.7.146, Call. Iamb.1.215, Ap.I; ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ Sapph.104, cf. 78. 2 anything made of such shoots or trees, goad for driving cattle, Hes.Op. 468 ; lance, E.Hipp.221 (anap.). II metaph., scion, descendant, Orph.A.215. [Acc. ὅρπᾰκα is f. l. in AP7.200.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 386] ηκος, att. ὅρπηξ, ὁ, junger Sproß, Sprößling; τάμνε νέους ὄρπηκας ἵν' ἅρματος ἄντυγες εἶεν, Il. 21, 38; zur Peitsche gebraucht, d. Stachelstab, Hes. O. 470; auch eine Lanze, Eur. Hipp. 221; sp. D., μαράθου, Nic. Ther. 33; bei Ap. Rh. 4, 1425 in der Mitte stehend zwischen Gras und Baum, also Strauch. – Auch übertr., der Sohn, Abkömmling, Orph. Arg. 213; Opp. H. 2, 683. – [Nicias 8 (VII, 200) hat ὄρπακα als Dactylus gebraucht.]
