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ἐφηλόω

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Democritus, DK 68b22
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Transliteration A: ephēlóō Transliteration B: ephēloō Transliteration C: efiloo Beta Code: e)fhlo/w

English (LSJ)

nail on, in Pass., Apollod.Poliorc.158.8, Ath.Mech.25.3: metaph., τῶνδ' ἐφήλωται τορῶς γόμφος διαμπάξ the bolt is driven home, i.e. it is irrevocably fixed, A.Supp.944; cf. ἐφαλόω.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1117] annageln, τῶνδ' ἐφήλωται τορῶς γόμφος διαμπάξ Aesch. Suppl. 922, es ist wie angenagelt, unwiderruflich beschlossen; – ἐφηλωτός, angenagelt, Mathem. vett.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
clouer.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ἡλόω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐφηλόω: καρφώνω τι στερεῶς· τῶνδ’ ἐφήλωται τορῶς γόμφος διαμπάξ, μεταφ., ὡρίσθη τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀμετακλήτως, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 944.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐφηλόω: пригвождать, приколачивать: τῶνδε ἐφήλωται τορῶς γόμφος διαμπάξ Aesch. это крепко пригвождено сквозным гвоздем, т. е. незыблемо, нерушимо.