κρημνίζω
From LSJ
ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀεὶ ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐὰν ἀεὶ σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
English (LSJ)
hurl down headlong, κατὰ τοῦ τείχους LXX 2 Ma.6.10: metaph., ἐπὶ ἀτάκτους ἡδονὰς ἑαυτοὺς κ. Plu.2.5b:—Pass., J.BJ2.3.3, Cat.Cod. Astr.8(4).156.
French (Bailly abrégé)
précipiter.
Étymologie: κρημνός.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κρημνίζω: устремлять, бросать (ἑαυτοὺς εἰς или ἐπὶ τὰς ἡδονάς Plut.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κρημνίζω: ὡς καὶ νῦν, ῥίπτω κατὰ κεφαλῆς, κοιν. «γκρεμίζω», Ἑβδ. (Β΄ Μακκ. Ϛ΄, 10)· μεταφ., κρ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἀτάκτους ἡδονὰς Πλούτ. 2. 5Α.
