κυμβίον
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of κύμβη (A) 1,
A small cup, IG22.1522.32,11(2).145.48 (Delos, iv B.C.), Theopomp.Com.31, Philem.84, Alex.2.6, D.21.158, cf. Ath.11.481d; also, Dim. of κύμβη (A) 11, Hsch., Suid.: κυμβεῖον, Pherecr.66, Paus Gr.Fr.242.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κυμβίον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ προηγ., μικρὸν ποτήριον, Λατ. cymbium, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 159, Κωμικοὶ παρ’ Ἀθην. 481 κἑξ., Ἄλεξ. παρὰ τῷ αὐτῷ 230C, Δημ. 588. 18., 565. ἐν τέλ., κτλ.· ― ἐν Α. Β. 274, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. 545. 31, κυμβεῖον, καὶ κυμβαῖον παρ’ Εὐστ. 584. 19 κἑξ.
