διόβολος
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
ον, = διόβλητος 1, of the thunderbolt, κτύπος S. OC 1464 (lyr.), E. Alc. 128 (lyr.).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
lancé par Zeus.
Étymologie: Διός, gén. de Ζεύς, βάλλω.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
procedente de Zeus, enviado por Zeus κτύπος S.OC 1464, πλῆκτρον E.Alc.128.
Greek Monolingual
διόβολος, -ον (Α)
(για κεραυνό) ριγμένος από τον Δία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < διο- + -βολος < βάλλω].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
διόβολος: брошенный Зевсом (πλᾶκτρον πυρὸς κεραυνίου Eur.): κτύπος δ. Soph. гром, ниспосланный Зевсом.
