πότιμος
βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις → Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise
English (LSJ)
ον, (πότος, πίνω) mostly of water,
A drinkable, fresh, Heraclit.61, Hdt.8.22, Hp.Medic.2, X.HG3.2.19; κρήνη Plb.34.9.5: generally, τὰ π. Thphr.Od.65. 2 metaph., fresh, sweet, pleasant, καρποὶ γλυκεῖς καὶ π. Id.CP4.4.12; π. λόγος, opp. ἁλμυρὰ ἀκοή, Pl.Phdr.243d; of the writings of Isoc., Phld.Rh.1.200S., cf. Lib.p.46O. (Comp.); π. δόγματα, ἔννοιαι, Ph.2.275, 1.72; τὰ χρηστὰ καὶ π., opp. τὰ δυσχερῆ καὶ μοχθηρά, Plu.2.469c. b of persons, pleasant, sociable, Theoc.29.31 (Comp.); so also ποτιμώτερον συμπόσιον Hld.3.10. Adv., σοφῶς καὶ π. Philostr. VS1.8.4. 3 porous, λίθος Pl.Lg.947d. 4 watered, irrigated, Apollon.Lex. s.v. πείσεα. 5 = δευτερίας, Dsc.5.6.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 689] trinkbar; ὕδατα, Her. 8, 22; Xen. Hell. 3, 2, 14, Gegensatz von ἁλμυρός, Arist. u. Folgde; τὰ πότιμα τῶν ὑδάτων, Pol. 5, 62, 4; κρήνη, 34, 9, 5; übertr., λόγος, eine milde, sanfte Rede, Plat. Phaedr. 243 d; vgl. Pittac. bei D. L., φαμὶ δ' ἐγὼ ποτιμώτατον ἔσεσθαι Σόλωνι τὰν νᾶσον, wie Theocr. 29, 31, ποτιμώτερον πέλειν, freundlicher, öfter in späterer Prosa so übertragen gebraucht.
