ἀλλάβης
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)
-ητος, ἡ, v. ἀλάβης.
Spanish (DGE)
v. ἀλάβης.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Nile fish, Labeo Niloticus (Str.)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: From Egypt. repi or lepi, Thompson Fishes s.v. - Fur. 145 etc. connects ἔλλοψ and ἀλλοπὶης and concludes that it is rather a substr. word (the ἀλλάβης must not be an Eg. fish).
See also: ἔλοψ
