ῥαντήρ
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
ῆρος, ὁ, (ῥαίνω)
A one who wets, esp. of the inner corner of the eye, Nic. Th.673, cf. Poll.2.71. II sprinkler, Mon.Ant.23.150 (Adanda).
German (Pape)
[Seite 833] ῆρος, ὁ, der Netzer, Benetzer, Besprenger; bei Nic. Th. 673 ist κανθὸς ῥαντήρ der vordere Augenwinkel.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥαντήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, (ῥαίνω) ὁ ὑγραίνων, μάλιστα ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐσωτέρου κανθοῦ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὃς καλεῖται καὶ πηγή, Νικ. Θ. 673, πρβλ. Πολυδ. Β΄, 71.
Greek Monolingual
-ῆρος, ὁ, Α
1. (για τη γωνία του ματιού προς το μέρος της μύτης) αυτός που ραίνει, που ρίχνει δάκρυα
2. αυτός που ραντίζει για εξαγνισμό.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. ῥαν- του ῥαίνω + επίθημα -τήρ (πρβλ. θερμαν-τήρ)].