σκηπάνιον
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)
τό,Dim. of σκηπάνη.
German (Pape)
[Seite 896] τό, = σκῆπτρον, σκήπων, Stab, Scepter; σκηπανίῳ γαιήοχος ἀμφοτέρω κεκοπώς, Il. 13, 59, wie σκηπανίῳ δίεπ' ἀνέρας 24, 247; sp. D., wie Eryc. 9 (IX, 233).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
bâton ; sceptre.
Étymologie: σκήπτω.
English (Autenrieth)
= σκῆπτρον, Il. 13.59 and Il. 24.247.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σκηπάνιον: (ᾰ) τό жезл, скиптр Hom., Anth.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
σκηπάνιον -ου, τό [σκήπτω] staf, stok.
