ἀλητός
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)
(A), ὁ, poet. for ἀλετός, εἰς ἀ. ἐπράθη was sold A to grind in the mill, Babr.29.1.ἀλητόςἀλητός (B), ή, όν, Adj. A ground, Archig. ap. Orib.8.1.33.
German (Pape)
[Seite 95] ὁ, Mühle, Batr. 29, 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλητός: ὁ, ποιητ. ἀντὶ ἀλετός, εἰς ἀλ. ἐπράθη, ἐπωλήθη ὅπως ἀλέθῃ ἐν τῷ μύλῳ, Βαβρ. 29.1.
Spanish (DGE)
-ή, -όν
1 molido, ἅλς Archig. en Orib.8.1.33.
2 subst. τὸ ἀλητόν molienda Babr.29.1.
Greek Monolingual
ἀλητός, ο (Α)
η πράξη του αλέσματος, άλεση, άλεσμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ποιητικός τ. αντί ἀλετός, ο «η πράξη του αλέσματος» (< ἀλῶ «αλέθω»)].
Greek Monotonic
ἀλητός: ὁ, ποιητ. αντί ἀλετός, σε Βάβρ.
