ἄσχυ
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
τό, inspissated juice of the fruit of the bird-cherry, Prunus padus, Hdt.4.23.
Spanish (DGE)
τό
jugo espeso y negro procedente del póntico, árbol de Escitia, Hdt.4.23, cf. ἄσχυ· ἀπόρευμα δένδρου Theognost.Can.p.79.12.
French (Bailly abrégé)
(τό) :
suc noir et épais d'un arbre de Scythie.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt certain.
Greek Monotonic
ἄσχυ: τό, συμπυκνωμένος χυμός από Σκυθικό δέντρο, σε Ηρόδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄσχυ: τό асхи (сгущенный сок скифского дерева «понтика») Her.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: inspissated juice of the fruit of the bir-cherry = Prunus Padus used by the Scythians (Hdt. 4, 23).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.
Etymology: S. note in the ed. of Legrand ad loc.
