κωλύμη
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ἡ,
A = κώλυμα, ἐπὶ κωλύμῃ for the purpose of hindering, Th.1.92; ταῖς κ. ταύταις ἱκανῶς . . εἰρχθῆναι by these impediments, Id.4.63; a poetical word in Th., cf. D.H.Amm. 2.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1542] ἡ, = κώλυμα, Thuc. 1, 92. 4, 63 u. Sp., wie Hdn. 8, 8, 12.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κωλύμη: ῡ, ἡ, = κώλυμα, ἐπὶ κωλύμῃ, πρὸς τὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ νὰ ἐμποδίσῃ τις, Θουκ. 1. 92· ταῖς κ. ταύταις ἱκανῶς... εἰρχθῆναι, διὰ τῶν ἐμποδίων τούτων, ὁ αὐτ. 4. 63· ― Διον. ὁ Ἁλ. σημειοῦται τὴν λέξιν ταύτην ὡς Θουκυδίδειον, Περὶ τῶν Θουκυδίδου ἰδιωμάτων 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
c. κώλυμα.
