ἀθέλγω
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 = ἀμέλγω, Hsch.:—Pass., ἀθέλγεται is drawn off or pressed out, Hp.Hum. 1 (expl. by Gal. ad loc. διηθεῖται, διεκλύεται).—For ἄθελξις v. ἄλθεξις.
German (Pape)
[Seite 45] saugen, Hippocr., s. ἀμέλγω.
Spanish (DGE)
1 ordeñar, mamar Hsch.
•en v. pas. ser exprimida u ordeñada, amamantar Hp. en Erot.20.1, cf. Hsch.
2 en v. pas., sent. dud., quizá fig. ser extraído, ser eliminado Hp.Hum.1.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀθέλβω.