ἀπολιθόω
From LSJ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
A turn into stone, petrify, Arist.Pr.937a17, cf. Hellanic. 191 J., Pherecyd.77 J.:—Pass., ἀ. ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου Thphr.HP4.7.2; become stone, Arist.Pr.937a14, Mir.838a14, Str.5.4.13, Palaeph.31; become hard, PHolm.4.38.
German (Pape)
[Seite 312] versteinern, Arist. probl. 24, 11; Theophr.
