λεκανοσκοπία
From LSJ
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)
Ep. λεκανοσκοπίη, ἡ, A the inspecting of a dish, in order to divine, Man.4.213.
German (Pape)
[Seite 27] ἡ, das Beschauen der Schüssel, um daraus zu weissagen, Maneth. 4, 213.
Greek Monolingual
η (Α λεκανοσκοπία, επικ. τ. λεκανοσκοπίη)
η λεκανομαντ(ε)ία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λεκανοσκόπος < λεκάνη + -σκόπος (< σκοπός < σκέπτομαι), πρβλ. ηπατο-σκοπία].
