πτόρθος

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Εἰ μὴ φυλάσσεις μίκρ', ἀπολεῖς τὰ μείζονα → Maiora perdes, minima ni servaveris → Wer Kleines nicht erhält, verliert das Größre auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 172
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Transliteration A: ptórthos Transliteration B: ptorthos Transliteration C: ptorthos Beta Code: pto/rqos

English (LSJ)

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   A young branch, shoot, sucker, sapling, Od.6.128; ὥς τις π. ηὐξόμην E.Hec.20; πτόρθοισι δάφνης Id.Ion103 (anap.); μαλάχης Ar.Pl.544; οἱ π. καὶ οἱ νέοι κλῶνες Pl.Prt. 334b, cf. Thphr.CP5.1.3; πτόρθους ἁπαλοὺς ἀποτρώγουσαι Eup.14.2: generally, branch, Arist.PA687a2, etc.; π. μέγας, of Heracles' club, APl.4.103 (Tull. Gem.).    II sprouting, budding, Hes.Op.421.