στηλοκόπας

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ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valoreven at the risk of death

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Transliteration A: stēlokópas Transliteration B: stēlokopas Transliteration C: stilokopas Beta Code: sthloko/pas

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, A tablet-glutton (formed like ματτυοκόπας (-ης ?)), epithet of Polemo, who went about copying the inscriptions on public monuments (στῆλαι), Herodic. ap. Ath.6.234d.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

στηλοκόπας: -ου, ὁ, ὁ τὰς στήλας κτυπῶν, ἐπίθετ. τοῦ Πολέμωνος, ὅστις περιήρχετο περιγράφων τὰς ἐπὶ δημοσίων μνημείων (στηλῶν) ἐπιγραφάς, Ἀθήν. 234D.

Greek Monolingual

ὁ, Α
(ως προσωνυμία του περιηγητή Πολέμωνος ο οποίος περιόδευε και αντέγραφε τις επιγραφές τών δημόσιων μνημείων) αυτός που δίνει την εντύπωση ότι τρώει τις στήλες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < στήλη + -κοπας (< κόπτω) σχηματισμένο κατά το ματτυοκόπης].