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ἐριαύχην

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: eriaúchēn Transliteration B: eriauchēn Transliteration C: eriaychin Beta Code: e)riau/xhn

English (LSJ)

ενος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A with arched neck, opp. βυσαύχην, ἐριαύχενες ἵπποι Il.10.305, al., neverin Od.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1027] ενος, hoch-, starknackig, Il. 10, 305. 11, 509, Beiwort edler Rosse, mit hohem, stolzem Halse.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐριαύχην: -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ἔχων ὑψηλόν, καμπύλον τράχηλον, ἐριαύχενες ἵπποι Ἰλ. Κ. 305, ἀλλ᾿ οὐδαμοῦ ἐν Ὀδ.· ἀντίθετον τῷ βυσαύχην. ― Καθ᾿ Ἡσύχ. «ἐριαύχενες· γαῦροι. μεγαλαύχενες. μεγάλοι, ἀπὸ μέρους».

French (Bailly abrégé)

ην, εν ; gén. ενος;
qui porte la tête haute, qui relève la tête.
Étymologie: ἐρι-, αὐχήν.

English (Autenrieth)

ενος: with high-arching neck, epith. of steeds, Il. 11.159, Il. 10.305. (Il.)

English (Slater)

ἐριαύχην v. ῥιψαύχην.

Greek Monolingual

ἐριαύχην, ὁ, ἡ (AM)
1. αυτός που έχει ψηλό αυχένα («ἐριαύχενες ἵπποι»)
2. υπερήφανος, καμαρωτός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ερι- (επιτ. μόριο) + αυχήν].

Greek Monotonic

ἐριαύχην: -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, αυτός που κρατά ψηλά τον αυχένα, λέγεται για τα άλογα, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.