ὑδροφορέω
From LSJ
ἀλλ’ οὔτε πολλὰ τραύματ’ ἐν στέρνοις λαβὼν θνῄσκει τις, εἰ μὴ τέρμα συντρέχοι βίου, οὔτ’ ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ’ ἑστίᾳ φεύγει τι μᾶλλον τὸν πεπρωμένον μόρον → But a man will not die, even though he has been wounded repeatedly in the chest, should the appointed end of his life not have caught up with him; nor can one who sits beside his hearth at home escape his destined death any the more
English (LSJ)
A carry water, X.An.4.5.9, Arist.HA625b19. II serve as ὑδροφόρος, CIG2886 (Branchidae), Milet.7.67.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1174] Wasser tragen; Xen. An. 4, 5, 9; Luc. Tim. 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑδροφορέω: φέρω ὕδωρ, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 5, 9, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 40, 32, Ἀθήν., κλπ. ΙΙ. ὑπηρετῶ ὡς Ὑδροφόρος. Συλλ. Ἐπιγραφ. 2825, § 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
porter de l’eau.
Étymologie: ὑδροφόρος.
