ἑξάριθμος
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ον,
A sixfold, Pi.O.10(11).25, cf. Sch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 872] sechszählig, sechsfach, Schol. Pind. Ol. 11, 29.
English (Slater)
ἑξᾰρῐθμος
1 six in number ἀγῶνα δ' ἐξαίρετον ἀεῖσαι θέμιτες ὦρσαν Διός, ὃν ἀρχαίῳ σάματι πὰρ Πέλοπος βωμῷ ἑξάριθμον ἐκτίσσατο (sc. Ἡρακλέης: “de sex unius viri laboribus velut Herculis, quam de sex certaminum generibus vv. 64 seqq. equidem intellegere mallem.” Schroeder: πόνων coni. Christ: others refer to the six double altars of Olympia, v. 49) (O. 10.25)
