μανδάκης
From LSJ
ὡς χαρίεν ἄνθρωπος, ὅταν ἄνθρωπος ᾖ → how graceful is man when he is really a man | what a fine thing a human is, when truly human
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A band to tie trusses, e.g. of hay, etc., truss, τήλεως μανδάκαι Sammelb.1959 (Oxyrhynchus, iii A. D.), cf. PFlor.198.6 (iii A. D.), Hippiatr.26:—Adv. μαμμο-ηδόν, in the form of a band, ib.52:—Dim. μαμμό-ιον, τό, bundle, truss, PRyl.236.11 (iii A. D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μανδάκης: -ου, ὁ, δεσμὸς δι’ οὗ δένουσι θημωνιὰς χόρτου, Ἱππιατρ.· Ἐπίρρ. -ηδόν, αὐτόθι.
