ἐκκυλίνδω
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
A roll out, ᾤ' ἐκκυλίνδων Ar.Pax134 : mostly in aor. I, σε καταιγίδες ἐξεκύλῑσαν.. γυμνὸν ἐπ' ἠϊόνι AP7.501 (Pers.), cf. 582 (Jul.); overthrow, πίτυν.. γαίης ἐξεκύλισε ib.9.131 ; ἐξεκύλισε βίην ib. 543 (Phil.):—Pass., S.OT812: elsewh.aor.1, ἐκ δίφροιο.. ἐξεκυλίσθη he rolled headlong from the chariot, 11.6.42,23.394, cf. AP11.399 (Apollinar.); but ἐκκυλισθέντος τοῦ τροχοῦ Pherecyd.37(a) J.; plunge headlong, εἰς ἔρωτας love-intrigues, v.l. for ἐγκ-, X.Mem.1.2.22, cf. Opp.H.4.20; γένος εἰς κακίαν ἐσχώτην ἐκκεκυλισμένον Max.Tyr.30.3. 2 extricate, ὅστις δὴ τρόπος ἐξεκύλισέ νιν Pi.Fr.7, cf. AP7.176 (Antiphil.):—Pass., to be extricated from, ὅτῳ τρόπῳ τῆσδ' ἐκκυλισθήσει τύχης A.Pr.87; ἐκκυλισθῆναι ἐκ δικτύων X.Cyn.8.8, cf. Plu.Galb. 27. 3 Pass., to be published abroad, εἰς ἀγοράν Id.2.507e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 765] = ἐκκυλίω; ἀπήνης ἐκκυλίνδεται Soph. O. R. 812; Ar. Pax 134.
