ἐπιτραγίας
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ον, ὁ,
A a kind of fish, which is barren and so grows fat (cf. sq.), Arist.HA 538a14.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτραγίας: -ου, ὁ, εἶδος ἰχθύος παχέος μὲν ἀλλ’ ἄνευ ὠῶν, καὶ ἑπομένως στείρου (πρβλ. τὸ ἑπόμ.), «εἰσὶ δέ τινες ἰχθύες οἳ καλοῦνται ἐπιτραγίαι, γίνονται δὲ τῶν ποταμίων τοιοῦτοι κυπρῖνος καὶ βάλαγρος· οὐκ ἔχουσι δὲ οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὔτε ᾠὸν οὔτε θορὸν οὐδέποτε» Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 11. 7.
