μελαμψίθιος
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)
[ῐθ] (sc. οἶνος), ὁ, A wine made from black ψίθιος, Dsc.5.6, Orib.Fr.64.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελαμψίθιος: ὁ, μέλας ψίθιος οἶνος, ὁ μὲν μέλας, καλούμενος δὲ μελαμψίθιος, παχύς ἐστι καὶ πολύτροφος Διοσκ. 5, 9.
Greek Monolingual
μελαμψίθιος, ὁ (Α)
φρ. «μελαμψίθιος οἶνος» — μαύρος οίνος παρασκευασμένος από ένα είδος αμπέλου, την ψιθία άμπελο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλας, -ανος + ψίθιος «είδος οίνου»].
