παστάς
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ,
A porch in front of the house, Hdt.2.148 (pl.), 169. 2 colonnade, such as ran round temples, X.Mem.3.8.9(pl.), prob. for παραστάσι in Id.Hier.11.2 ; τὰς δὲ παστάδας κοινὰς εἶμεν πάντεσσι, at Delphi, IG22.1126.22, cf. 42(1).109 ii 122 (Epid.) ; = Lat. porticus, D.H.4.44 (pl.), Plu.Galb.25. 3 part of the house next the porch, hall, A.R.1.789, AP6.172. II inner room, bridal chamber, ἀκτέριστον ἀμφὶ π., of the cave in which Antigone was immured, S.Ant. 1207 ; κεδρωτὰ παστάδων τέραμνα E.Or.1371 (lyr.), cf. Theoc.24.46, AP9.245 (Antiphan.), Menemach. ap. Orib.10.14.3 ; παστάδος ὥρη, of marriageable age, Epigr.Gr.521 (Thessalonica), cf.Chor.in Rev.Phil. 1.241 ; ἄμοιρος ἔτι παστάδος, of a bachelor, Id.Proc.1, cf. 4.
