ἀχίτων
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)
[ῐ], ον, gen. ωνος,
A without tunic, i.e. wearing the ἱμάτιον only, of Socrates, X.Mem.1.6.2; of Agesilaus, Ael.VH7.13, Plu.2.210b, cf. 276c; of Cleanthes the Stoic, D.L.7.169; of Gelon, ἀ. ἐν ἱματίῳ D.S.11.26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 418] ωνος, Xen. Mem. 1, 6, 2; Plut. Coriol. 14; bes. von den Cynikern, die im bloßen Mantel gehen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀχίτων: [ῐ], -ον, γεν. -ωνος, ὁ ἄνευ χιτῶνος, δηλ. φορῶν μόνον τὸ ἱμάτιον, περὶ τοῦ Σωκράτους, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 1. 6, 2· οὕτω καὶ περὶ τοῦ Ἀγησιλάου, Αἰλ. Π. Ἱστ. 7. 13, Πλούτ. 2. 21. 210Β. πρβλ. 276G· περὶ Κλεάνθους τοῦ κυνικοῦ, Διογ. Λ. 7. 169· περὶ τοῦ Γέλωνος, ἀχ. ἐν ἱματίῳ Διόδ. 11. 26.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων, ον ; gén. ωνος;
sans tunique, càd qui ne porte que l’ ἱμάτιον.
Étymologie: ἀ, χιτών.
