ἀπόκρημνος
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
ον,
A sheer, precipitous, ὄρος ἄβατον καὶ ἀ. Hdt.7.176, cf.3.111; χῶρος ἀ. Id.8.53, cf. Th.4.31, etc.: Sup., Diog.Ep.37.4: metaph. of an advocate's case, full of difficulties, πάντα ἀ. ὁρῶ D.25.76.
German (Pape)
[Seite 308] abschüssig, steil, ὄρος Her. 1, 111; χώρα 8, 53; Thuc. 4, 31; Dem. 25, 76 τὰ ἀπόκρημνα; Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόκρημνος: κρημνώδης, οὖρος ἄβατόν τε καὶ ἀπόκρημνον Ἡρόδ. 7. 176, πρβλ. 3. 111· χῶρος ἀπόκρημνος ὁ αὐτ. 8. 53, πρβλ. Θουκ. 4. 31., 6. 96, κτλ.: - μεταφ. ἐπὶ ὑποθέσεώς τινος τοῦ συνηγόρου, πλήρης δυσκολιῶν, πάντα ἀπόκρημνα ὁρῶ Δημ. 793. 6.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
escarpé.
Étymologie: ἀπό, κρημνός.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
1 escarpado, a pico ὄρος ἄβατόν τε καὶ ἀ. Hdt.7.176, ἀποκρήμνοισι ὄρεσι Hdt.3.111, cf. SB 8545b.7 (Nubia I d.C.), χῶρος Hdt.8.53, cf. Them.Or.18.217a, de la costa de una isla, Th.4.31, τόπος X.Cyn.8.4, Arist.HA 578a27, Diog.Ep.37.4, Ps.Dicaearch.2.6, πέτραι Arist.HA 619a26
•puntiagudo de la parte alta de una torre, LXX 2Ma.13.5.
2 fig. erizado de dificultades πάντ' ἀπόκρημνα (ὁρῶ) D.25.76.
