ἑλεδώνη
και ἅμα ἐλευθέραν καὶ εὐδοξοτάτην πόλιν διὰ παντὸς νεμόμεθα και δύναται μάλιστα σωφροσύνη ἔμφρων τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι → Just remember, we're a people with a long-standing reputation for freedom, a people held in the highest honor. Slowness to act can be nothing more than a mark of clear-headed self-control (Spartan King Archidamus)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, a kind of
A octopus, Arist.HA525a17, Henioch.3, Artem.2.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 794] ἡ, eine Art kleiner Dintenfische; Arist. H. A. 4, 1; Henioch. Ath. VI, 271 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλεδώνη: ἡ, εἶδος πολύποδος, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 1, 27, Ἡνίοχ. ἐν «Πολυπράγμονι» 1. 5.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
• Alolema(s): ἐλε- Ael.Fr.146, Hsch.
ict. eledone cefalópodo semejante al pulpo, prob. Eledone moschata o E. aldrouandi Arist.HA 525a17, cf. Fr.305, Henioch.3, Artem.2.14, Ael.l.c.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἑλεδώνη: ἡ эледона (предполож. Eledone moschata, моллюск из семейства восьминогих) Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a kind of octopus (Arist. HA 525a 17), cf. Thompson Fishes s. v.
Other forms: Also ἐλ. Further δελεδώνη ὁ μύλλος ἰχθύς
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation in -ώνη (plant names; also χελώνη, γογγρώνη etc.), further unknown. "ohne Zweifel Mittelmeerwort" (Frisk).
