βρύγδην

μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.

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Full diacritics: βρύγδην	Medium diacritics: βρύγδην	Low diacritics: βρύγδην	Capitals: ΒΡΥΓΔΗΝ
Transliteration A: brýgdēn	Transliteration B: brygdēn	Transliteration C: vrygdin	Beta Code: bru/gdhn

English (LSJ)

Adv., (βρύκω) properly, A with clenched teeth: of a polypus, tightly, AP9.14 (Antiphil.).

[Seite 466] knirschend, beißend, πλέξασθαι Antiphil. 28 (IX, 14).

βρύγδην: ἐπίρρ. (βρύκω) κυρίως μὲ συνεσφιγμένους ὀδόντας· ἀλλ᾿ ἐν Ἀνθ. ΙΙ. 9.14, ἐπὶ πολύποδος, σφικτά, δυνατά.

adv. apretadamente, estrechamente πλέξασθαι del abrazo de un pulpo AP 9.14 (Antiphil.), cf. Hsch.β 1253.

βρύγδην επίρρ. (Α) βρύκω
1. με σφιγμένα δόντια
2. σφιχτά, δυνατά.

βρύγδην: adv. досл. вцепившись зубами, перен. (об осьминоге) впившись (πλέξασθαι ὀκτατόνους ἕλικας Anth.).