egg-shell
From LSJ
Δοὺς τῇ τύχῃ τὸ μικρὸν ἐκλήψῃ μέγα → Dans parva sorti recipies, quae magna sunt → Es zahlt das Glück dir kleinen Einsatz groß zurück
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. λεπίς, ἡ, V. ὄστρακον τό (Aesch., Fragment).
a white egg-shell: V. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν (Euripides, Helen 258).
