κλεψίρρυτος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον,
A secretly flowing, name of a stream at Athens, which flowed some distance under ground, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κλεψίρρῠτος: -ον, ὁ λάθρα ρέων, ὄνομα ῥύακος ἐν Ἀθήναις ὅστις ἐφ’ ἱκανὸν διάστημα ῥέει ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν, Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
κλεψίρρυτος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που ρέει κρυφά
2. το αρσ. ως ουσ. ὁ Κλεψίρρυτος
ονομασία μικρού ρεύματος στην Αθήνα, το οποίο σε κάποιο τμήμα του έρρεε κάτω από το έδαφος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κλεψι- (< κλέπτω) + -ρυτος (< ρυτός < ρέω), πρβλ. μελί-ρρυτος, ποταμό-ρρυτος. Σύνθ. του τύπου τερψί-μβροτος].
