κάχληξ
From LSJ
κάλλιστον τὸ δικαιότατον, λῷστον δ' ὑγιαίνειν → nothing is more beautiful than being just, but nothing is more pleasant than being healthy | Most beautiful is what is most just; the best thing is to be healthy.
English (LSJ)
ηκος, ὁ,
A pebble in the beds of rivers, etc., Str.4.1.7 (pl.), Gal.12.292, Sch.Theoc.6.12 (pl.); = caementum, Gloss.: collectively, gravel, shingle, Th.4.26, J.AJ5.1.3: also κόχλαξ, = glarea, Gloss. (Onomatopoeic word, cf. καχλάζω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1409] ηκος, ὁ, Steinchen, Kiesel, wie sie auf dem Grunde der Flußbetten gefunden werden, auch Uferkies, Ufersand, das Ufer selbst; διαμώμενοι τὸν κάχληκα ἐπὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ἔπινον οἷον εἰκὸς ὕδωρ Thuc. 4, 26; ποτάμιοι Strab. IV, 182; Sp.; κάχλακες steht Schol. Theocr. 6, 12.
