ἐρείπιον
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
τό, (ἐρείπω)
A fallen ruin, wreck, Arist.Rh.1413a6, Aristid. Or.49(25).42, Opp.H.5.324: generally in pl., ναυτικὰ ἐ. wreckage, A. Ag.660,Fr.274, E.Hel.1080 ; θραύμασίν τ' ἐρειπίων A.Pers.425; ruins, οἰκημάτων, [τειχέων], Hdt.2.154,4.124 ; δόμων E.Ba.7; ἐρείπια alone, ἐν τοῖς Κιμωνίοις ἐ. Cratin.151 ; ἐ. χλανιδίων fragments of garments, Trag.Adesp.7; πέπλων E.Tr.1025 ; νεκρῶν ἐ. dead carcasses, S.Aj.308, E.Fr.266.—Poet.and later Prose (exc. Arist.and Hdt.ll.cc.), D.H. 1.14,CIG2700e (Mylasa), Paus.10.38.13, Aristid. l.c., etc.
