key
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
small keys with three teeth: Ar. κλειδία… τρεῖς ἔχοντα γομφίους (Thesmophoriazusae 421).
Met., see interpretation.
seeing that the place was the key of Sicily: P. ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας (Thuc. 4, 1).
