ἐκπάτιος
σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind
English (LSJ)
ον, (πάτος)
A out of the common path : excessive, ἄλγεα A.Ag.49 (anap.) ; expld. by Sch. as lonely. Adv. -ίως v.l. for ἐκπάγλως (ap.Erot.) in Hp.Mul.2.171.
German (Pape)
[Seite 771] von der gewöhnlichen Bahn abweichend, außerordentlich, ἄλγος Aesch. Ag. 50.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκπάτιος: ᾰ, α, ον, (πάτος) ἔξω τοῦ κοινοῦ δρόμου, ἀσυνήθης, ὑπερβολικός, ἐκπατίοις ἄλγεσι παίδων Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 50, ἔνθα ἄλλοι ἄλλως ἑρμηνεύουσιν. - Ἐπίρρ. ἐκπατίως, «τὸ ἐκτρόπως καὶ παραδόξως, ἐκπατίως» Γρηγόρ. Κορίνθου, σ. 566, ἔκδ. Schaefer, πρβλ. Ἐρωτιαν. σ. 170.
French (Bailly abrégé)
α, ον :
qui sort des routes frayées, extraordinaire, énorme.
Étymologie: ἐκ, πατέω.
