ἄδδιξ
ὦ διάνοια, ἐὰν ἐρευνᾷς τοὺς ἱεροφαντηθέντας λόγους μὲν θεοῦ, νόμους δὲ ἀνθρώπων θεοφιλῶν, οὐδὲν ταπεινὸν οὐδ᾽ ἀνάξιον τοῦ μεγέθους αὐτῶν ἀναγκασθήσῃ παραδέχεσθαι → if, O my understanding, thou searchest on this wise into the oracles which are both words of God and laws given by men whom God loves, thou shalt not be compelled to admit anything base or unworthy of their dignity
English (LSJ)
ῐχος, ἡ, A measure of four χοίνικες, Ar.Fr.709.
German (Pape)
[Seite 32] ιχος, ἡ, ein Maaß von vier χοινικες, Ar. B. A. 342.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄδδιξ: ῑχος, ἡ, μέτρον τεσσάρων χοινίκων, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 573.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῐχος, ἡ
metrol. medida de cuatro quénices para áridos, Ar.Fr.725, cf. Poll.4.168.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄδδιξ: ῐχος ἡ аддих (мера сыпучих тел = 4 χοίνικες) Arph.
Frisk Etymological English
-ιχος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a measure, of four choinikes (Ar., fr. 709)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. For the suffix cf. χοῖνιξ (which has -ικ-). Geminated -d- is rare in Ion.-Att. Measures are more borrowed. Cf. κάδδιχος s.v. κάδος. Fur. 130 n. 59 assumes a substr. word with k\/zero. Cf. also Szemerényi Studia Pagliaro 3 (1969) 248.
