ἐκκαυλίζω
σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind
English (LSJ)
pull out the stalk: metaph., καυλοὺς τῶν εὐθυνῶν ἐ. pull off the sprouts, i.e. the profits, Ar.Eq.825.
Spanish (DGE)
bot. tirar del tallo, arrancar el centro vital de una planta, fig. τοὺς καυλοὺς τῶν εὐθυνῶν ἐκκαυλίζων arrancando los cogollos de los magistrados encargados de rendir cuentas ref. al que expolia a otro, Ar.Eq.825, τὰ λάχανα Sch.ad loc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 762] den Stengel ausreißen, mit Stumpf u. Stiel ausreißen, Ar. Equ. 824.
French (Bailly abrégé)
arracher avec la tige.
Étymologie: ἐκ, καυλός.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐκκαυλίζω: досл. вырывать со стеблем, перен. удалять с корнем, искоренять (τοὺς καυλοὺς τῶν εὐθυνῶν Arph.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκκαυλίζω: ἀνασπῶ τὸν καυλόν· μεταφ., τοὺς καυλοὺς τῶν εὐθυνῶν, ἐκκαυλίζων, «ἀνασπῶν καὶ ἀναιρῶν» (Σχόλ.), Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 824.
Greek Monolingual
ἐκκαυλίζω (Α)
ξεριζώνω τον βλαστό.
Greek Monotonic
ἐκκαυλίζω: μέλ. -σω, τραβώ έξω το κοτσάνι· μεταφ., αφανίζω, καταστρέφω συθέμελα, σε Αριστοφ.
Middle Liddell
fut. σω
to pull out the stalk: metaph. to pull up root and branch, Ar.
