ἀμητίσκος
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)
ὁ, Dim. of ἄμης, Telecl.1.12, cf. Pherecr.130.7 codd. Ath. ἄμητος [ᾱ], ὁ, (ἀμάω A) A reaping, harvesting, Il.19.223. 2 harvest, harvest-time, Hes.Op.384,575, Hdt.2.14, 4.42, Hp.Epid.6.8.19, Thphr.HP3.4.4, A.R.3.418, etc. II crop, harvest gathered in, or field when reaped, D.P.194, Arat.1097: with another Subst., ληΐοιο ἀμήτοιο Opp.C.1.527: metaph., of a beard, AP11.368 (Jul.). (Gramm. distinguish ἄμητος (1) from ἀμητός (11), the latter being regarded as adjective (sc. σῖτος), cf. Hdn.Gr.1.220, but Ammon. reverses the distinction.) ἀμητρίς, ίδος, ἡ, fem. of ἀμητήρ, dub. l. in Poll.1.122.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ pastelillo de leche Telecl.1.12, Pherecr.130.7 (ap. crít.), cf. ἄμης.
German (Pape)
[Seite 123] ὁ, kleiner Kuchen, ἄμης Teleclid. Ath. II, 64 f; vgl. XIV, 644 f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμητίσκος: ὁ, ὑποκορ. τοῦ ἄμης, Τηλεκλείδ. ἐν «Ἀμφικτύοσι» 1. 12, πρβλ. Φερεκρ ἐν «Πέρσαις» 1. 7.
