ἀκροβατέω

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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

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Transliteration A: akrobatéō Transliteration B: akrobateō Transliteration C: akrovateo Beta Code: a)krobate/w

English (LSJ)

   A walk on tiptoe, strut, of ostriches, D.S.2.50; of haughty people, Ph. 2.404.    II climb aloft, Polyaen.4.3.23.    III c. acc., ἀτραπόν AP9.13b.

German (Pape)

[Seite 82] 1) auf den Zehen gehen, vom Strauß, Diod. S. 2, 50; von den Gänsen, Luc. Icarom. 10. – 2) in die Höhe steigen, Polyaen. 4, 3, 23. – 3) einherstolziren, Philo. Dahin ist auch wohl Plat. iun. 1 (IX, 13) zu rechnen, wo der Blinde den Lahmen tragend ὀθνείοις ὄμμασιν ἀτραπὸν ἀκροβάτει, obwohl Philip. 69 im ähnl. Ep. ὠρθοβάτει hat.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκροβατέω: περιπατῶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄκρων ποδῶν, ἐπὶ στρουθοκαμήλων, Διόδ. 2.50· ἐπὶ ὑπεροπτικῶν καὶ ἀλαζονικῶν ἀνθρώπων, Φίλων 1. 640, κτλ.: ἴδε Λοβ. Αἴ 1217. ΙΙ. ἀναβαίνω εἰς ὕψη, Πολύαιν. 4. 3. 23.