Ἀβδηριτικός

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δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

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French (Bailly abrégé)

ή, όν :
digne d’un Abdéritain, sot.
Étymologie: Ἀβδηρίτης.

Spanish (DGE)

(Ἀβδηρῑτικός) -όν
que es como los abderitas, tonto, simple Cic.Att.130.4, Luc.Hist.Cons.2.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ἀβδηριτικός: досл. абдерский, перен. простоватый, глуповатый Luc.

Middle Liddell

like an Abderite, i.e. stupid, Luc.