λεπάς
ἅπανθ' ὁ μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χρόνος φύει τ' ἄδηλα καὶ φανέντα κρύπτεται· κοὐκ ἔστ' ἄελπτον οὐδέν, ἀλλ' ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος χαἰ περισκελεῖς φρένες. → Long, unmeasurable Time brings to light everything unseen and hides what has been apparent. Nothing is beyond hope; even the fearsome oath and the most stubborn will is overcome. | All things long and countless time brings to birth in darkness and covers after they have been revealed! Nothing is beyond expectation; the dread oath and the unflinching purpose can be overcome.
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ,
A limpet, Alc.51 (s.v.l.), Epich.42.2, 114, Hermipp. 31, Arist.HA528b1, al.; ὥσπερ λεπὰς προσεχόμενος τῷ κίονι Ar.V.105, cf. Pl.1096.
German (Pape)
[Seite 29] άδος, ἡ, eine einschalige Muschel, Napfschnecke, patella, die steh an Felsen, λέπας, fest ansaugt, Arist. H. A. 4, 4 part. anim. 4, 3 u. öfter; vgl. Ath. III, 85 f. Dah. übertr., τὸ γραΐδιον ὥςπερ λεπὰς τῷ μειρακίῳ προσίσχεται Ar. Plut. 1096, vgl. Vesp. 105.
