ποταμός
ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → a man who is incapable of entering into partnership, or who is so self-sufficing that he has no need to do so, is no part of a state, so that he must be either a lower animal or a god | whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English (LSJ)
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A river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. Il.21.196; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, Od.5.460, Il.21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, Od.11.242, Il.21.130, Od.10.515 (pl.), Il.21.304, Od.11.238, 10.351 (pl.), Il.17.749 (pl.), Od.5.441, Il.18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, Pi.Fr.130.9: prov., ἄνω ποταμῶν, of extraordinary events, A.Fr.335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E.Med.410 (lyr.)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ Heraclit. 91; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, Suid., etc. 2 metaph., rivers of fire or lava, Pi.P.1.22, A.Pr.370: Com., ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων Telecl.1.8, cf. Pherecr.108.3; also π. πραγμάτων Porph. Marc.5. 3 artificial stream, canal, Str.16.1.10, Arr.An.7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. OGI54.23 (Adule, iii B. C.). II personified, rivergod, Il.20.7, 73, etc. III name of the constellation Eridanus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Arat.358, etc.
