βουκεφάλιον
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)
[ᾰ], τό,
A ox-head, used as an ornament, Lys.Fr.34, SIG695.71 (Magn. Mae.); β. χρυσᾶ SIG2588.199 (Delos, ii B. C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 456] τό, Ochsenkopf, Lysias bei Ath. V, 210 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βουκεφάλιον: τό, βοὸς κεφαλή, Λυσ. Ἀποσπ. 18.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
cabeza de toro, bucranio figura utilizada como elemento decorativo (ἡ ἐγγυθήκη) Σατύρων ἔχει πρόσωπα καὶ βουκεφάλια Lys.Fr.32, βουκεφάλια χρυσᾶ ID 442B.199 (II a.C.), cf. IM 100b.23 (II a.C.).
