ἀναδρέπω
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
A break off, pluck, Nonn.D.9.120:—Med., cull, ῥητορικοὺς λόγους ἀναδρέψασθαι Them.Or.27.332d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 187] abpflücken, übertr., λόγους, Them.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀναδρέπω: δρέπω, Νόνν. Δ. 9. 120. - Μέσ., συλλέγω, ῥητορικοὺς λόγους ἀναδρέψασθαι Θεμίστ. 332D.
Spanish (DGE)
cortar, coger, ἄνθος Nonn.D.9.120, en v. med. GDRK 35.3.56
•fig. v. med. escoger, elegir τοὺς ῥητορικοὺς λόγους Them.Or.27.332d.
Greek Monolingual
ἀναδρέπω (ΑΜ)
1. δρέπω αχόρταγα ή απλώς δρέπω
2. συλλέγω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀνα-
+ δρέπω.
