τηκόλιθος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον, A dissolving stones, of a remedy for the stone, Plin. HN36.143, Aët.12.64, Paul.Aeg.3.45. II a gem, Plin.HN37.184.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τηκόλῐθος: -ον, ὁ τήκων ἢ διαλύων λίθους, φάρμακον θρυπτικὸν τῶν ἐν νεφροῖς λίθων, Παῦλ. Αἰγ. 7, Ἀέτ. 2, 19. - Ἦν δὲ ὁ τηκόλιθος, λίθος ἐν Συρίᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης εὑρισκόμενος, λευκὸς τὴν χρόαν, ὠνομάζετο δὲ καὶ Ἰουδαϊκός.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, ΜΑ
(για φάρμακο) αυτός που διαλύει τις πέτρες τών νεφρών
αρχ.
είδος πολύτιμου λίθου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τήκω + λίθος (πρβλ. φιλό-λιθος)].
