ἐλεφαντόκωπος

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κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων → the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring

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Transliteration A: elephantókōpos Transliteration B: elephantokōpos Transliteration C: elefantokopos Beta Code: e)lefanto/kwpos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A ivory-hilted, ξιφομάχαιρα Theopomp.Com. 25; ξίφη Luc.Gall. 26.

German (Pape)

[Seite 796] mit elfenbeinernem Griff; Theop. com. Poll. 7, 158; ξίφη Luc. Somn. 26; vgl. Long. 1, 2; Poll. 7, 158.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐλεφαντόκωπος: -ον, ἔχων λαβὴν ἐλεφαντίνην, ἐλεφαντοκώπου ξιφομαχαίρας Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. ἐν «Καπηλίσιν» 2· ξίφη Λουκ. Ὄνειρος ἢ Ἀλεκτρ. 26.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
à poignée d’ivoire.
Étymologie: ἐλέφας, κώπη.