κλειδίον
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English (LSJ)
(on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.356), τό, Dim. of κλείς,
A little key, κλειδία . . Λακωνίκ' ἄττα, τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους Ar.Th.421, cf. Fr. 16, IG22.1533.27 (iv B.C.); τὸ κ. τοῦ οἰκήματος Arist.Mir.832b23: without dimin. sense, τὰ κ. τῶν οὐρανῶν Porph.Chr.26. 2 stopcock, Hero Spir.1.24, POxy.2146.7 (iii A.D.). II = κλείς 111, of the tunny, Ath.7.315d; cf. κλιδία. III a kind of astringent pill, Gal.13.87,290, Paul.Aeg.3.40; or astringent suppository, κ. ὑπόθετον Alex.Trall.9.3. (κλῃδ- is not found.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1447] τό, ion. κληΐδιον, dim. von κλείς, kleines Schloß, Ar. Th. 421 u. Sp. – Auch das Schlüsselbein, clavicula. – Das Bruststück eines großen Seefisches, Ath. VII, 315 d. – Bei Galen. = Pille.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κλειδίον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ κλείς, μικρὸν κλειδί, κλειδία… Λακωνίκ’ ἄττα, τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 421, πρβλ. Ἀποσπ. 120· τὸ κλ. τοῦ οἰκήματος Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμασ. 32. ΙΙ. ἴδε ἐν λέξ. κλεὶς ΙΙΙ. ΙΙΙ. καταπότιον, Γαλην. τ. 13, σ. 550, 615, κλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
petite clef.
Étymologie: dim. de κλείς.
