βαλαντίδιον

μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.

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Full diacritics: βαλαντίδιον	Medium diacritics: βαλαντίδιον	Low diacritics: βαλαντίδιον	Capitals: ΒΑΛΑΝΤΙΔΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: balantídion	Transliteration B: balantidion	Transliteration C: valantidion	Beta Code: balanti/dion

English (LSJ)

βαλάντιον, βαλαντιοτομέω, βᾰλᾰνο-τόμος, A v. βαλλ-.

[Seite 428] τό, dim. von βαλάντιον, Eupol. bei Poll. 10, 151; Heliod. 2, 30.

βαλαντίδιον: (πιθ. (βάλλ), τό, ὑποκοριστ. τοῦ βαλλάντιον Εὔπολ. Αἰγ. 23 [-τῑ].