χερσαῖος
Τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα μὴ πόνει μάτην → Ne tu labores frustra in iis, quae nil iuvant → Müh nicht umsonst mit dem, was dir nichts nützt, dich ab
English (LSJ)
α, ον, also ος, ον Lyc.534: (χέρσος):—
A from or of dry land, living or found thereon, ὄρνιθες χ., opp. λιμναῖοι, Hdt.7.119; κροκόδειλοι Id.4.192; ζῷα χ., opp. θαλάσσια, πετεινά, Id.2.123, cf. Pl. Ti.40a; χελώνη χ., opp. θαλασσία, v. χελώνη; μύες χ., Arist.Mir. 842b7; ὄφεις, opp. θαλάττιαι, Id.HA505b9; ἡ χ. (sc. θήρα) hunting of land-animals, opp. fishing, Pl.Sph.223b, cf. AP9.14 (Antiphil.); of landsmen, opp. seamen, E.Andr.457, Th.7.67; χ. παρασκευή, opp. ναυτική, Ascl.Tact.1.1; χ. πόλις an inland city, opp. seaport (ἐπιθαλαττίδιος), Pl.Lg.704b; ὁδοὶ χ., opp. voyages, AP11.42 (Crin.), cf. 4.3b.46 (Agath.): travelling by land, βραδὺς καὶ χ. Ἔρως Plu.2.750b; κῦμα στρατοῦ, opp. a fleet, A.Th.64: neut. pl. as Adv., Arat. 919. II ἡ χερσαῖος, as Subst., = χερσόνησος, Lyc.534.