βελτιόω
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
improue, Ph.1.202, al., Stud.Pal.1.7 ii 20 (v A. D.), etc.:—Pass., Ph.1.169, al., Plu.2.85c, SIG888.5 (Thrace, iii A. D.), Antyll. ap. Orib.10.23.18, etc.; οὔτε βελτιοῦσι τὴν αἰτίαν τῶν παθῶν give no better reason for, Posidon. ap. Gal.5.469.
Spanish (DGE)
1 mejorar οὔτε ... βελτιοῦσι τὴν αἰτίαν τῶν παθῶν no dan mejor razón de los afectos Posidon.187, moralmente τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν Aq.Ie.35.15 (var.), cf. Ph.1.202
•abs. hacer mejoras en fórmulas de compra y alquiler de viviendas δεσποτείαν δέδωκα καὶ διοικεῖν καὶ οἰκονομεῖν καὶ βελτιοῦν Stud.Pal.1.p.7.2.20 (V d.C.), cf. PLond.1044.2 (V d.C.), SB 11578.9 (V d.C.), PMasp.97re.36, PPar.21bis.17 (ambos biz.)
•en v. pas. βελτιοῦται γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὰ ὀφθαλμικά Antyll. en Orib.10.23.18, cf. IGBulg.4.2236.13 (III d.C.), moralmente, Origenes Io.10.19.
2 en v. med. hacerse mejor, perfeccionarse ἐὰν δὲ βελτιούμενος ἀεὶ πρὸς τέλος ἀφίκῃ Ph.1.169, cf. Ep.Diog.6.9, c. ac. de rel. ἀνὴρ βελτιούμενος τὸ ἦθος Plu.2.85c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 442] verbessern, Arist. plant. u. Sp.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
f. βελτιώσω;
améliorer.
Étymologie: βελτίων.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βελτιόω: βελτιώνω, καλλιτερεύω· ἀναφερόμενον ἐκ τοῦ Φίλωνος· - ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ παθ., Ἀριστ. Φυτ. 1. 7, 3, Πλούτ. 2.85C (ἔνθα ἴδε Wytt.).
Léxico de magia
mejorar mediante magia en v. pas. βεβελτιωμένος ὑπὸ κράτους μεγαλοδυνάμου καὶ δεξιᾶς χειρὸς ἀφθάρτου mejorado por una fuerza poderosísima y una mano derecha inmortal P IV 518
