κολυμβίς
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A diver, name of a bird, prob. grebe, Podiceps minor, Ar.Av.304, Arist.HA593b17, Alex.Mynd. ap. Ath.9.395d; cf. κολυμβάς 11.1: as Adj., κ. αἴθυιαι Arat.296.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1476] ίδος, ἡ, = κολυμβάς, eine Entenart; Ar. Av. 306, vgl. Ath. IX, 395 d; Arist. H. A. 8, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κολυμβίς: -ίδος, ἡ, κολυμβῶσα, ὄνομα πτηνοῦ τινος δυτικοῦ, ἴσως ἡ ἀγρία νῆσσα, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 304, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 3, 15˙ πρβλ. κολυμβὰς ΙΙ. 1˙ ― ὡς ἐπίθ., κ. αἴθυιαι Ἄρατ. 296.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος (ἡ) :
plongeon, oiseau.
Étymologie: κόλυμβος.
Greek Monolingual
κολυμβίς, -ίδος, ἡ (Α) κόλυμβος
1. κολυμβήτρια
2. είδος πτηνού, πιθ. η άγρια πάπια.
