ἀποτρυγάω
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
A pluck grapes or fruit, Philostr.VA3.5; ἀ. πέπερι ib. 3.4: metaph., ἀρχὰς ἐθνῶν ἀ. LXX Am.6.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 332] Trauben ablesen, Philostr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποτρῠγάω: τρυγῶ, συλλέγω σταφυλὰς ἢ ἄλλους καρπούς, Φιλόστρ. 98· οὕτως, ἀπ. πέπερι ὁ αὐτ. 97· μεταφ., ἀρχὰς ἐθνῶν ἀπ. Ἑβδ. (Ἀμὼς ς΄, 1).
Spanish (DGE)
vendimiar τὰς ἀμπέλους Longus 4.5.1, Philostr.VA 3.5, τῶν ἀμπέλων τὰς ταπεινοτέρας Longus 2.1.3
•otros frutos recolectar, cosechar τὸ πέπερι Philostr.VA 3.4
•fig. ἀπετρύγησαν ἀρχὰς ἐθνῶν recolectaron las primicias de los pueblos e.d. se las apropiaron ref. a la aristocracia, LXX Am.6.1, νοήματα Chrys.M.48.1006.
