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ἀποσπάς

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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English (LSJ)

άδος,ἡ,

   A torn off from, τινός Nonn.D.1.289, al.: metaph., βασσαρίδες ἀποσπάδες ἠθάδος ὕλης ib.34.347, etc.    II as Subst., slip for propagating, Gp.11.9, etc.; vine-branch or bunch of grapes, AP6.300 (Leon.): metaph., branch of a river, Eust.1712.6.

German (Pape)

[Seite 325] άδος, fem. zu ἀποσπάδιος, abgerissen, Nonn.; ἡ ἀπ., abgerissener Zweig, Ranke, Leon. Tar. 13 (VI, 300).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀποσπάς: -άδος, ἡ , ἀπεσπασμένη, ἀποκεχωρισμένη, διωκόμεναι δὲ σιδήρῳ ἄστεος ἐντὸς ἵκανον ἀποσπάδες ἠθάδος ὕλης Νόνν. Δ. 34, 347, κτλ. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ., παραφυὰς ἀποκεκομμένη πρὸς φύτευσιν, οὐ μόνον δὲ ἐξ ἀποσπάδων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ αὐτορίζων κατατίθεται Γεωπ. 10, 23, 3· πύξος φυτεύεται ἔκ τε ἀποσπάδων καὶ κορυνῶν 11, 9, κτλ.· ἀπόσπασμα κλήματος μετὰ σταφυλῶν, ἢ «ἕνα τσαμπὶ σταφύλια», Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 300· μεταφ., βραχίων ἢ διακλάδωσις ποταμοῦ, διά τινος ἀποσπάδος τοῦ μεγάλου Ἴστρου Εὐστ. 1712. 6.

French (Bailly abrégé)

άδος
I. adj. f. arrachée;
II. subst.ἀποσπάς :
1 branche;
2 tige de plante.
Étymologie: ἀποσπάω.