βαύκαλις
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ,
A vessel for cooling wine or water in, elsewh. ψυκτήρ, AP11.244; β. ἡ τετράκυκλος Sopat.24.—Alexandr. word acc. to Ath.11.784b; on the accent cf. Hdn.Gr.1.90.
German (Pape)
[Seite 439] ἡ, ein irdenes Gefäß zum Abkühlen des Wassers od. Weins, Nicarch. 34 (XI, 244); vgl. Ath. XI, 784 b u. καύκαλις.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βαύκᾰλις: ἡ, ἀγγεῖον πρὸς ψύχρανσιν ὕδατος ἢ οἴνου, ἀλλαχοῦ καλούμενον ψυκτήρ, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 244· ὡσαύτως καύκαλις, Κοραῆ Ἰσοκρ. σ. 446. - Ἀλεξανδρ. λέξις, ἴδε Ἀθήν. 784Β· περὶ τοῦ τονισμοῦ ἴδε Ἀρκάδ. 31. 10.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιδος (ἡ) :
vase à col long et étroit où l’on faisait rafraîchir l’eau ou le vin.
Étymologie: DELG βαυκαλάω, par plaisanterie.
Par. ψυκτήρ.
