ἐγκρίς
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A a cake made with oil and honey, Stesich.2, Pherecr. 83, Antiph.275, LXX Ex.16.31, Ph.1.214; also expld. as, = ἀμανίτης, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 710] ίδος, ἡ, eine Kuchenart, com. Ath. XIV, 645 d; Epicharm. Ath. III, 110 c; Suid. erkl. γλύκασμα ἐξ ἐλαίου ύδαρές.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, πλακοῦς παρεσκευασμένος μετ’ ἐλαίου καὶ μέλιτος, καλούμενος καὶ ταγηνίας, «τηγανίτα», Στησίχ. 2, Νικοφῶν ἐν «Χειρογάστορσι» 2, κτλ.
Spanish (DGE)
-ίδος, ἡ
pastel o torta bañado en miel y aceite, Stesich.2(a), Pherecr.99, Antiph.273, Epich.46, τὸ δὲ γεῦμα αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐ. ἐν μέλιτι su sabor (el del maná) era como el de una torta de aceite bañada en miel LXX Ex.16.31, ἐ. ἐξ ἐλαίου LXX Nu.11.8, δύο ἐγκρίδες, ἡ μὲν ἐκ μέλιτος, ἡ δ' ἐξ ἐλαίου Ph.1.214, cf. Ath.645e, γλύκασμα ἐξ ἐλαίου ὑδαρές Hsch., Sud.
Greek Monolingual
ἐγκρίς (-ίδος), η (Α)
γλύκισμα με λάδι και μέλι, τηγανίτα.
Frisk Etymological English
-ίδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: cake from oil and honey (Stesich., Com.).
Compounds: ἐγκριδο-πώλης seller of ἐ. (Kom.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Backformation from ἐγκεράννυμι, ἐγκεράσαι mix in is formally impossible. Nor to ἐγκρίνειν (Strömberg Wortstudien 15).