λῶταξ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ,
A = αὐλητής, Zonar., Eust.344.37.
German (Pape)
[Seite 76] ακος, ὁ, der Flötenbläser, Eust. 344, 35; andere Erkl. giebt noch Zonar.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῶταξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, ὁ καταδαπανῶν ἐν τοῖς αἰσχροῖς τὸν βίον, ὁ πόρνος καὶ ὁ ἀνδρόγυνος, Ἰω. Χρυσ. 11, 99CϏ― ἡ ἑρμηνεία αὐλητής, ἐν Ζωναρ. Λεξ. 1324 καὶ Εὐστ. 344, 35, φαίνεται φαντασιώδης.
Greek Monolingual
λῶταξ, -ακος, ὁ (Α)
(κατά τον Ζωναρά) «ὁ λῃστὴς ἢ ὁ πόρνος, ἢ ὁ μύρα ἀλειφόμενος, ἢ ὁ καταδαπῶν ἐν τοῑς αἰσχροῑς τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ πόρνος καὶ ὁ ἀνδρόγυνος ἢ ὁ αὐλητής».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λωτός + επίθημα -αξ, -ακος (πρβλ. σκύλ-αξ)].
