χοιρίνη

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ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valoreven at the risk of death

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Transliteration A: choirínē Transliteration B: choirinē Transliteration C: choirini Beta Code: xoiri/nh

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], ἡ,

   A small sea-mussel, used by the Athenian dicasts in voting, Ar.Eq.1332, V.333, 349 (all anap.), Poll.8.16; wrongly expld. by Suid., of hog's bristles.