ψυχαγώγιον
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
τό,
A = ψυχομαντεῖον, a place where departed souls are conjured up, EM819.25. II air-hole, ventilator in the shafts of mines, Thphr.Ign.24 (v.l. -εῖον). III reservoir, reserve water-tank, AB317.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1402] τό, 1) ein Ort, wo man die abgeschiedenen Seelen heraufbeschwört u. befragt. – 2) ein Ort, der an sich zieht, anlockt, Sp. – 3) ein Luftloch in den Schachten der Bergwerke, durch das man frische Luft einläßt, Theophr.
