ἄντλος
From LSJ
Λόγῳ με πεῖσον, φαρμάκῳ σοφωτάτῳ → Oratione leni, medicina optima → Mit Worten überzeuge mich, der klügsten Medizin
English (LSJ)
ὁ, in Poll.1.92 also ἄντλον, τό:—in Hom.,
A hold of a ship, Od.12.411, 15.479. 2 bilge-water, πόλις . . ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο let in no water, metaph. for 'let no enemy come in', A.Th.796; ἄντλον εἴργειν ναός pump out water from a ship, E.Tr.691; εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβαίνειν πόδα, metaph. for getting into a difficulty, Id.Heracl.168. 3 a flood of water, Pi.O.9.53; ἀλίμενον ὥς τις εἰς ἄντλον πεσών E.Hec. 1025 (lyr.); ἐν ἄντλῳ τιθέναι scuttle, sink, metaph., ὕβριν Pi.P.8.12. II bucket, Man.6.424. III heap of corn, threshed but not yet cleansed, Nic.Th.114,546, Q.S.1.352, AP6.258 (Adaeus).
