ἦλιψ
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)
ῐπος, ὁ, a Dorian shoe (cf. ἀνήλιπος), Sch.Theoc.4.56.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1163] ιπος, ὁ, nach Schol. Theocr. 4, 56 eine dorische Fußbekleidung (παρὰ τὸ ἑλίσσειν τὸν πόδὰ), wovon ἀνήλιπος abgeleitet ist.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἦλιψ: ῐπος, ὁ, Δωρικὸς ὑπόδημα (ἴδε ἀνήλιπος), Σχόλ. εἰς Θεόκρ. 4. 56.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ἤλιπος (ὁ) :
sorte de chaussure dorienne THEOCR.
Étymologie: ὑπόδημά τι παρὰ τὸ ἑλίσσειν τὸν πόδα Schol. Theocr.
Greek Monolingual
ἦλιψ, ὁ (Α)
δωρικό υπόδημα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άγνωστης ετυμολ. Ως β' συνθετικό απαντά στις λ. νηλίπους, νήλιπος«ξυπόλυτος»].
