ὑπολαμπής
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)
ές,
A shining with inferior lustre, σάκος . . ἠλέκτρῳθ' ὑπολαμπὲς ἔην, χρυσῷ τε φαεινῷ λαμπόμενον Hes.Sc.142.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1223] ές, darunter glänzend, durchschimmernd, ἠλέκτρῳ, Hes. Sc. 142; – etwas leuchtend, glänzend.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπολαμπής: -ές, γεν. έος, ὁ λάμπων μὲ ἀμβλεῖαν λάμψιν, σάκος... ἠλέκτρῳ θ’ ὑπολαμπὲς ἔην, χρυσῷ τε φαεινῷ λαμπόμενον Ἡσ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρακλ. 142.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
qui jette une faible lueur.
Étymologie: ὑπολάμπω.
