ἐκκολυμβάω
τὸ δ' ἡδέως ζῆν καὶ ἱλαρῶς οὐκ ἔξωθέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῖς περὶ αὑτὸν πράγμασιν ἡδονὴν καὶ χάριν ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς τοῦ ἤθους προστίθησιν → but a pleasant and happy life comes not from external things, but, on the contrary, man draws on his own character as a source from which to add the element of pleasure and joy to the things which surround him
English (LSJ)
A plunge into the sea from.., c. gen., ναός E.Hel.1609 : abs., Ar.Fr.80, cf. D.S.20.86, Act.Ap.27.42 ; swim ashore, εἰς τὴν γῆν D.H.5.24, cf. App.Syr.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 764] herausschwimmen, durch Schwimmen entkommen; ναός Eur. Hel. 1609; D. Sic. 20, 86; εἰς τὴν γῆν Dion. Hal. 5, 24.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκκολυμβάω: κολυμβῶ ἔξω, εἰς τὴν ξηρὰν ἐκ πλοίου, ναὸς Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 1609, πρβλ. Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 51· εἰς τὴν γῆν Διον. Ἁλ. 5. 24.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
s’échapper à la nage, en gén. se jeter à la nage.
Étymologie: ἐκ, κολυμβάω.
Spanish (DGE)
1 zambullirse, tirarse al agua εὖ γ' ἐξεκολύμβησ' οὑπιβάτης Ar.Fr.82, ἐκκολυμβᾶν ναός tirarse al mar desde la nave E.Hel.1609, οἱ πλεῖστοι δὲ καιομένων τῶν ἀκατίων ἐξεκολύμβησαν D.S.20.86, cf. App.Syr.56, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ Act.Ap.27.42.
2 emerger ἐξεκολύμβησεν εἰς τὴν γῆν D.H.5.24.
English (Strong)
from ἐκ and κολυμβάω; to escape by swimming: swim out.
English (Thayer)
ἐκκολυμβώ: 1st aorist participle ἐκκολυμβήσας; to swim out of: Euripides, Hel. 1609; Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus).
