πισσόω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
Att. πιττ-, (πίσσα)
A pitch over, pitch, τὰς ὀροφάς IG22.659.25; τὰς ναῦς Sch.Ar.Pl.1093 :—Pass., Chrysipp.Stoic.2.110, Dsc.5.12,31 ; of bronze statues, in order to take casts of them, Luc.JTr. 33; in order to clean them, Id.Lex.11. II Med., remove the hair by means of a pitch-plaster, οἱ βάρβαροι πιττοῦνται τὰ σώματα Theopomp. Hist.195, cf. Luc.Rh.Pr.23; πιττούμενος τὰ σκέλη Id.Demon.50, cf. Merc.Cond.33.
German (Pape)
[Seite 619] att. -ττόω, 1) mit Pech, Theer bestreichen, überziehen, theeren, wie Schiffe, Schol. Ar. Plut. 1093. – 2) insbesondere kupferne Bildsäulen mit Pech überziehen, um sie abzuformen, Luc. lup. trag. 33. – 3) durch Pechpflaster die Haare ausziehen, wie Weichlinge und Weiber thaten, κίναιδος πεπιττωμένος τὰ σκέλη, Luc. merc. cond. 33, u. oft.
