ἐπίμονος
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ον,
A staying on, lasting long, Plb.6.43.2; ἐ. ποιεῖν τὸν στρατηγόν continue him in his command, ib.15.6; ἐπιμόνους ποιεῖν ἐράνους delay their payment, Id.38.11.10; ὁ ὦνος ἐ. ἔστω Hermes 17.5 (Delos); κράτησις ἐπίμονος σπέρματος Sor.1.43; ἐ. τινι or ἔν τινι persevering in it, Plb.29.26.2, Plu.Flam.1; ἐπί τινος Stoic.3.32. Adv. -νως constantly, permanently, Pl.Ax.372a, Ph.1.179; persistently, cj. in Gal.19.220: Comp. -ώτερον more permanently, Gp.2.5.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 964] dabei bleibend, verharrend, ausdauernd, στρατηγός, der nicht abgelöst wird, Pol. 6, 15, 6 u. a. Sp.; vgl. Ath. XV, 670 c; ἐν τῷ κολάζειν Plut. Flam. 1; geduldig, βίος Artemid.; – ἐπίμονόν τι ποιεῖν, Etwas einstellen, Pol. 38, 3, 10. – Adv. ἐπιμόνως, Plat. Ax. 372 a.
