ὀκτώπους
σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind
English (LSJ)
ουν,
A = ὀκτάπους, as Subst., = σκορπίος, -πουν ἀνεγείρεις Cratin.77 : acc. pl. [ὀκ]τώπους (dub. sens.) prob. in PCair.Zen.510 (iii B. C.). II eight feet long, IG12.313.90 ; of eight square feet, χωρίον Pl.Men.82e, 83a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 318] = ὀκτάπους; τὸ ὀκτώπουν χωρίον, Plat. Men. 82 e; ὀκτώπουν ἀνεγείρεις, Cratin. bei Phot. u. Suid., für σκορπίος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀκτώπους: ὁ, ἡ, -πουν, τό, = ὀκτάπους, Κρατῖν. ἐν «Θράτταις» 10· ὡς οὐσιαστ. ἀντὶ σκορπίος, πρβλ. Ἑρμάνν. Πονημάτ. 5. 26. ΙΙ. ὁ ἔχων μῆκος, πλάτος ἢ ὕψος ὀκτὼ ποδῶν, Πλάτ. Μένων 82Ε, 83Α, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 160. 33, κτλ.
