ἕλινος
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (ἑλίσσω)
A vine-tendril, Philet. ap. EM330.39. 2 fem., the vine, Nic.Al.181, Opp.C.4.262, D.P.1157. [Later ἕλινος prob. in Nonn.D.12.299.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 797] ὁ, die Ranke, Weinrebe; Nic. Al. 180; D. Per. 1157. Bei Opp. Cyn. 4, 262 steht ἡ ἐλινός in derselben Bdtg, wie E. M., wo es ἡ ἄμπελος erklärt ist, u. Hesych. erkl. ἐλινοὶ τὰ κλήματα τῶν ἀμπέλων. Bei Ath. XIV, 618 a ist ἡ τῶν ἱστουργούντων ᾠδὴ ἔλινος vielleicht in ἔλλινος, mit Ilgen, oder αἴλινος zu ändern, aus Eust.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἕλῐνος: ὁ (ἑλίσσω) κλάδος ἀμπέλου, Φιλητᾶς 43. 2) ἡ ἄμπελος, Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 181· ὡσαύτως θηλ., Ὀππ. Κυνηγ. 4. 262.
