στρίφνος
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)
ὁ, A tough or gristly meat, σ. ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος LXXJb. 20.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 954] ὁ, hartes, sehniges Fleisch, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
στρίφνος: ὁ, σὰρξ τραχεῖα, ἰνώδης καὶ τενοντώδης, Ἑβδ. (Ἰὼβ Κ´, 18). - Κατὰ Σουΐδ. «τὸ νευρῶδες κρέας τῶν βοῶν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ βοτάνη ἄβρωτος».
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Α στριφνός
1. τραχιά και ινώδης σάρκα με σκληρούς τένοντες
2. (κατά το λεξ. Σούδα) «τὸ νευρῶδες κρέας τῶν βοῶν
ἔστι δὲ καὶ βοτάνη ἄβρωτος».
