ἐσχατάω
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
(ἔσχατος)
A to be at the edge, Hom. (only in Il.) always in Ep. part., εἴ τινά που δητων ἕλοι ἐσχατόωντα straying about the edge of the camp, Il.10.206 ; Ἀνθηδών, Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα, lying on the border, 2.508, 616 ; ἕσπερος ἐ. the extreme west, Call.Del.174, cf. Theoc.7.77 ; κάρηνον ἐ. sinciput, Arat.207 : with a Verb, τεχθήσεται ἐσχατόωσα at last, Man.4.459.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1045] oder ἐσχατόω, der Aeußerste, Letzte sein, nur partic. ἐσχατόων, -τόωσα, z. B. εἴ τινά που δηΐων ἕλοι ἐσχατόωντα, einen äußersten der Feinde, einen Nachzügler, Il. 10, 206; Ἀνθηδών, Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα, an der äußersten Gränze gelegen, 2, 508. 616; Καύκασον ἐσχατόωντα Theocr. 5, 17.
