κρῶμαξ
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ,
A heap of stones, = κλῶμαξ, Hsch.:—hence κρωμᾰκόεις, = κρημνώδης, Id.; κρωμᾰκωτός, ή, όν, Paphlagon. word, Eust. 330.40. [κρώμᾱξ, ᾱκος, acc. to Hdn. Gr. (?) in Philol.39.354.]
Frisk Etymological English
See also: s. κλῶμαξ
