ῥικνήεις
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
εσσα, εν, poet. for ῥικνός, Nic.Th.137.
German (Pape)
[Seite 843] εσσα, εν, poet. = ῥικνός, runzlig, zusammengeschrumpft, γῆρας Nic. Th. 137, u. a. sp. D., wie Christod. ecphr. 340.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥικνήεις: εσσα, εν, ποιητ. ἀντὶ ῥικνός, Νικ. Θηρ. 137, Χριστοδ. Ἔκφρ. 338.
Greek Monolingual
-εσσα, -εν, Α
ρικνός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ῥικνός «ζαρωμένος, κυρτός» + κατάλ. -ήεις (πρβλ. τολμήεις)].
