γλαυκῶπις
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. ιδος: acc. ιδα, also ιν Od.1.156:—in Hom., epith. of Athena, prob.,
A with gleaming eyes, Il.1.206, al., cf. IG12.418, Sch. Ven.ad 5.458, Hsch. II = γλαυκός, of the olive, Euph.150; of the moon, Emp.42.3, E.Fr. 1009.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γλαυκῶπις: ἡ· γεν.-ιδος· αἰτ. -ιδα, ἀλλὰ καὶ -ιν Ὀδ. Α. 156·‒ παρ’ Ὁμ. ὡς ἐπίθ. τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, οὐχὶ τοσοῦτον ἐκ τοῦ χρώματος, ὅσον ἐκ τῆς φοβερᾶς ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῆς λάμψεως, ἡ ἀκτινοβολοῦντας ἔχουσα ὀφθαλμούς, ἴδε ἰδίως Ἰλ. Α. 206, Σχόλ. Βεν. εἰς Ε. 458, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ.· ἐν Ἀνακρεοντ. 85, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὴν μαλακότητα (τὸ ὑγρὸν) τῶν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀφθαλμῶν, Παυσ. 1. 14, 6. ΙΙ. = γλαυκός, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐλαίας, Εὔφορ. Ἀποσπ. 140·‒ ἐπὶ τῆς σελήνης, Ἐμπεδ. παρὰ Πλούτ. 2. 934C, Εὐρ. παρὰ Σχολ. Ἀπολλ. Ροδ. Α. 1280.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιδος
adj. f.
aux yeux brillants (Athéna) ; subst. la déesse aux yeux brillants.
Étymologie: γλαυκός, ὤψ.
English (Autenrieth)
ιδος: gleaming-eyed (and with reference to the color, grayish-blue); epith. of the warlike goddess Athēna.
