Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

τρικύλιστος

From LSJ
Revision as of 13:15, 28 January 2021 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (LSJ1 replacement)

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: τρῐκύλιστος Medium diacritics: τρικύλιστος Low diacritics: τρικύλιστος Capitals: ΤΡΙΚΥΛΙΣΤΟΣ
Transliteration A: trikýlistos Transliteration B: trikylistos Transliteration C: trikylistos Beta Code: triku/listos

English (LSJ)

ον, = τρικυλίνδητος (thrice-rolled) ; metaph, easily influenced, Epicur. Fr. 125.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τρῐκύλιστος: -ον, = τῷ προηγ., ἐὰν μὴ ὑμεῖς πρὸς ἐμὲ ἀφίκησθε, αὐτὸς τρικύλιστος ὅπου ἂν ὑμεῖς... παρακαλῆτε ὠθεῖσθαι Ἐπίκουρ. παρὰ Διογ. Λ. 10. 5.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
1. τρικυλίνδητος
2. μτφ. αυτός που επηρεάζεται εύκολα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + κυλιστός (< κυλίνδω «κινώ, κυλώ»)].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

τρῐκύλιστος: (ῠ) катящийся с утроенной скоростью, т. е. с величайшей поспешностью или стремительностью Diog. L.