ἀπόκροτος
Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.
English (LSJ)
ον,
A beaten or trodden hard, γῆ, χωρίον, Th.7.27, X.Eq. 7.15, cf. Hero Aut.2.1: generally, hard, χηλαὶ καὶ ὁπλαί Plu.2.98d: Medic., ἀρτηρία Gal.19.405; πῶρος ib.442: metaph., ψυχὴ λιθίνη καὶ ἀ. Ph.2.165, cf. Ptol. Tetr.155. Adv. -τως without fail, PGrenf.2.89.3 (vi A. D.), etc.; cf.Hsch. s.v. διακρότως. II of style, sonorous, Anon.in Rh.191.20, 225.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 309] hart, eigtl. festgestampft, von festem Boden, Thuc. 7, 27; χωρίον Xen. Equ. 7, 15; Sp.; Plut. καὶ τραχυτέρα γῆ educ. lib. 4 M.; von den harten Hufen der Pferde, ὁπλαὶ ἀπόκροτοι de fortuna p. 304; auch = steil, abschüssig, Hel.
