ἐκλοχεύω
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)
A bring forth, Orph.A.129, AP9.602 (Even.):—so in Med., E.Hel. [258]: metaph., λόγον Orph.A.43:—Pass., to be born, E.Ion1458 (anap.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 768] gebären, hervorbringen; Orph. Arg. 43; Euen. 12 (IX, 602). – Pass., Eur. Ion 1458. – Med., Eur. Hel. 258.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκλοχεύω: τίκτω, γεννῶ, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 43, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 602· οὕτως ἐν τῷ μέσ. τύπῳ, Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 258: ― Παθ., γεννῶμαι, Εὐρ. Ἴων 1458.
French (Bailly abrégé)
enfanter;
Moy. ἐκλοχεύομαι m. sign.
Étymologie: ἐκ, λοχεύω.
Spanish (DGE)
parir, dar a luz Μόψον Orph.A.129, ἀνδρὸς ἄφαρ μηρῶν ἐξελόχευσα τύπους dí a luz entre mis muslos atributos de varón habla Tiresias en el momento que vuelve a ser hombre AP 9.602 (Euen.), ἱερὸν λόγον Orph.A.43
•en v. med. mismo sent. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκὸν ἐκλοχεύεται pare un blanco cascarón de polluelos del huevo de Leda, E.Hel.258, οὐ ἀδάκρυτος ἐκλοχεύῃ E.Io 1458, cf. Lyc.88, 468.
