ἄντλος
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
ὁ, in Poll.1.92 also ἄντλον, τό:—in Hom.,
A hold of a ship, Od.12.411, 15.479. 2 bilge-water, πόλις . . ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο let in no water, metaph. for 'let no enemy come in', A.Th.796; ἄντλον εἴργειν ναός pump out water from a ship, E.Tr.691; εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβαίνειν πόδα, metaph. for getting into a difficulty, Id.Heracl.168. 3 a flood of water, Pi.O.9.53; ἀλίμενον ὥς τις εἰς ἄντλον πεσών E.Hec. 1025 (lyr.); ἐν ἄντλῳ τιθέναι scuttle, sink, metaph., ὕβριν Pi.P.8.12. II bucket, Man.6.424. III heap of corn, threshed but not yet cleansed, Nic.Th.114,546, Q.S.1.352, AP6.258 (Adaeus).
