εὔκραιρος
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
Ep. ἐϋκρ-, ον, also η, ον, (κραῖρα)
A with fine horns, esp. of oxen, βουσὶν ἐϋκραίρῃσιν h.Merc.209; εὐκραίρῳ βοΐ A.Supp.300. 2 of ships, with beautiful beak, Opp.H.2.516, Tryph.213.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1076] H. h. Merc. 209, βουσὶν ἐϋκραίρῃσιν, schön gehörnt, Aesch. Suppl. 296; ναῦς, wohlgeschnäbelt, Opp. H. 2, 516.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὔκραιρος: Ἐπικ. ἐΰκραιρος, ον, ὡσαύτως, -α, -ον, (κραῖρα) ἔχων ὡραῖα κέρατα, εὔκερως. ἰδίως ἐπὶ βοῶν, βουσὶν ἐϋκραίρῃσιν Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 209· εὐκραίρῳ βοῒ Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 300. 2) ἐπὶ πλοίων, ἔχων ὡραῖον ἔμβολον, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 2. 516.
French (Bailly abrégé)
épq. ἐΰκραιρος;
ος, ον :
aux belles cornes.
Étymologie: εὖ, κραῖρα.
