ἀποτήκω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
A meltaway from, αὐτῆς τῆς φύσεως ἀ. meltaway a part of .., Pl.Ti.65d; τετυλωμένα βλέφαρα ἀ. reduce them, Dsc.5.99: metaph., Plu.2.451f:—Pass., ἀπετάκη αὐτοῦ τρία τάλαντα Hdt.1.50, cf. Epicur. Ep.2. p.49U.; ἀπετάκησαν οἱ μασθοί (prob. for ἀπετάθησαν,), Luc. DMort.28.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 330] zerschmelzen, durch Zerschmelzen verzehren, Plat. Tim. 65 d; pass., hinschwinden, ἀπετάκη Her. 1, 50; Luc. Mort. D. 28, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποτήκω: μέλλ. -ξω, ἀποχωρίζω τι ἀπό τινος, δι’ ἀποτήξεως, τήκω, «λυώνω», ὥστε ἀποτήκειν αὐτῆς τῆς φύσεως Πλάτ. Τίμ. 65D, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. Αἰτ. Φ. 6. 1, 4· τετυλωμένα βλέφαρα ἀποτήκει καὶ σμήχει, μαλακώνει καὶ καθαρίζει, Διοσκ. 5.115: - Παθ., καταναλίσκομαι, χάνομαι, ἀπετάκη αὐτοῦ τρία τάλαντα Ἡρόδ. 1. 50· ἀπετάκησαν οἱ μισθοὶ (κατὰ Graev. ἀντὶ ἀπετάθησαν) Λουκ. Νεκρ. Διάλ. 28. 2.
