ἐατέος
νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → they manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous | They manage the home, and guard within the house the sea-borne wares. No house is clean or prosperous if the wife is absent.
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (ἐάω)
A to be suffered, E.Ph.1210: c. inf., ἐατέος ἐστὶ φεύγειν Hdt.8.108, cf. Pl.R.401b. 2 ἐατέον one must suffer, E.HF 173, etc. II to be let alone or given up, ἐ. ὁ πλοῦτος Id.Hel.905, cf. Ph.1.564. 2 τὴν πόλιν ἐατέον τῆς κατοικίσεως we must let it alone as to foundation, Pl.Lg.969c; one must dismiss from one's mind, Id.Grg.512e; one must omit, Str.2.5.18.
