ἔστωρ
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔστωρ: -ορος, ὁ, πάσσαλος ἐνιεμένος, ἐμβαλλόμενος τῷ ῥυμῷ, ἐπὶ δὲ κρίκον ἔστορι βάλον, «ἐπέβαλον δὲ τῷ κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ῥυμοῦ ἐμπεπηγότι πασσάλῳ τὸν κρίκον» (Θ. Γαζῆς), πιθ. ὅπως διέρχωνται δι᾿ αὐτοῦ αἱ ἐσωτερικαὶ ἡνίαι, Ἰλ. Ω. 272, πρβλ. Ἀρρ. Ἀν. 2. 3, 13, Πλουτ. Ἀλέξ. 18. Παρ᾿ Ὁμ., ἔνθ᾿ ἀνωτ., τὸ ἕκτωρ (ἐκ τοῦ ἔχω), οἷον ὁ ἐχέτωρ, ὁ κρατῶν, εἶναι κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. διάφ. γραφή. - Πρβλ. καὶ Ἡσύχ.
