δοκός
εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε → Now if you're accomplishing the King's Law according to scripture — Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — you're doing the right thing (James 2:8)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, later also ὁ, Luc.VH2.1: (δέχομαι):—
A bearing-beam, main beam, esp. in the roof or floor of a house, Od.22.176, Ar.Nu. 1496; any balk or beam, Il.17.744, Th.4.112; bar of a gate or door, Ar.V.201: also, in pl., firewood, PFlor.127.5 (iii A. D.): prov., ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων one who has 'swallowed a poker', Arist.Rh.1413b28; ἐν δοκοῖσι is prob. f. l. for ἐνδόκοισι in Archil.66.3, cf. Hsch. s.v. ἔνδοκος. II a kind of meteor, Plin.HN2.96, Lyd.Ost.10b, Hsch.; cf. δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 654] ἡ, auch ὁ, Luc. V. H. 2, 1 Apolld. 1, 9, 12 (δέχομαι): 1) Balken, bes. die, welche die Decke des Hauses bilden u. das Dach tragen; Hom. Iliad. 17, 744 Odyss. 19, 38. 22, 176. 193; Ar. Nubb. 1496; andere Balken, Vesp. 201; Luc. Herod. 5; ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων, sprichwörtlich, Arist rhet. 3, 12, nach Phot. lex. ἐπὶ τῶν ταὐτὰ ποιοαντων, καὶ μηδὲν περαινόντων. – 2) eine feurige Lufterscheinung, von der Aehnlichkeit mit einem Balken; VLL.; D. L. 5, 81.
