Λακωνικός
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, Laconian,
A ἄνδρες Ar.Lys. 628, etc.; κλειδίον, a kind of key, Id.Th.423, cf. Aristopho 7.4, Men. 343; Λακωνικὸν πνέων Ar.Lys.276; βραχυλογία τις Λ. Pl.Prt.343b; ἐλάττω ἔχειν γῆν τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐπιστολῆς Λακωνικῆς Prov.in Str.1.2.30, cf. Longin.38.5. Adv. -κῶς Diph.96; συντόμως καὶ Λ. D.S.13.52. II as Subst., 1 ἡ Λακωνική (sc. γῆ) Laconia, Ar.Pax245, etc. b Λακωνικαί (sc. ἐμβάδες), αἱ, Laconian shoes, used by men, Id.V.1158, Th.142, Ec.74, 269, al. 2 τὸ -κόν the state of Lacedaemon, Hdt.7.235; τῆς ὁμιλίας τὸ Λ. Laconian fashion, Plu.Cleom.32. 3 τὸ Λ. Laconian steel, St.Byz.s.v. Λακεδαίμων. 4 Λακωνικόν, τό, female garment, διαφανῆ Λ. LXX Is.3.23.
