σκόρδον
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
τό,
A = σκόροδον, Crates Theb.4.5 D., IG22.1184.15 (iv B.C.), PSI4.332.6 (iii B.C.), PTeb.717.5 (ii B.C.), LXX Nu.11.5, Phld.Po.2.52, Dsc.2.152, IG3.73.10, Edict.Diocl.6.23, Gp.12.8.8, etc.: prov., μὴ σκόρδου (sc. φάγω) 'anything for a quiet life', prob. in Cic.Att.13.42.3; cf. σκόροδον: codd. of Thphr. have both σκόρδον (HP1.10.7, al.) and σκόροδον (1.6.9, al., Od.63):—Dim. σκορδόνιον, τό, Dsc.Eup.2.119; σκορδ-σνίαν καλοῦσιν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι Orib. ap. Aët.11.10 (s.v.l.). II ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη κόπρος ἐστὶν τὸ λεγόμενον σκόρδον PHolm.9.26.
