πολύδεσμος
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
ον,
A fastened with many bonds, strong-bound, ἐπὶ σχεδίης πολυδέσμου Od.5.33, v.l. ib.338.
German (Pape)
[Seite 661] viel od. sehr gefesselt, fest verbunden, σχεδίη, Od. 5, 33. 338.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολύδεσμος: -ον, ὁ διὰ πολλῶν δεσμῶν συνδεδεμένος ἢ συνηρμοσμένος, ἐπὶ σχεδίης πολυδέσμου Ὀδ. Ε. 33, 338. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «πολυδέσμου· πολυγόμφου. δεσμοὶ γὰρ τῶν νεῶν εἰσιν οἱ γόμφοι».
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
aux clous (propr. aux liens) nombreux.
Étymologie: πολύς, δέσμος.
