χέλυς
From LSJ
Δούλου γὰρ οὐδὲν χεῖρον οὐδὲ τοῦ καλοῦ → Res nulla servo peior est, etiam bono → Ein Sklave ist das schlechteste, selbst wenn er gut
English (LSJ)
ῠος, ἡ,
A tortoise, h.Merc.33. 2 lyre (since Hermes made the first lyre by stretching strings on a tortoise's shell, which acted as a sounding-board), ib.25,153, Sapph.45, A.Fr.314; καθ' ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χ. E.Alc.448 (lyr.), cf. HF683 (lyr.). 3 the constellation Lyra, Arat.268. II arched breast, chest, from its like ness of shape to the back of a tortoise, Hp.Anat.1, E.El. 837; cf. χελώνιον 11. [ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., h.Merc.33,153; later ῠ, Call.Ap.16, Arat.268, Opp.H.5.404.] (Cf. OSlav. žely 'tortoise'.)
