θηγάνη
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)
[ᾰ], ἡ, whetstone, A.Ag.1536 (lyr.), S.Aj.820: metaph., αἱματηρὰς θηγάνας = incentives to bloodshed, A.Eu.859; θ. λάλης Luc. Lex.14:—also θήγανον, τό, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1206] ἡ, der Wetzstein; Aesch. Ag. 1518; σιδηροβρῶτι θηγάνῃ νεηκονὴς σφαγεύς Soph. Ai. 807; übertr., Aufreizung, σὺ δ' ἐν τόποισι τοῖς ἐμοῖς μὴ βάλῃς μήθ' αἱματηρὰς θηγάνας Aesch. Eum. 821; Luc. Lexiph. 14 τὸ γὰρ ἐρεσχελεῖν ἀλλήλους συχνάκις λάλης θηγάνη γίγνεται.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
1 pierre à aiguiser;
2 aiguillon.
Étymologie: θήγω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θηγάνη: (ᾰ) ἡ
1 точильный камень, оселок: ὁ σφαγεὺς θηγάνῃ νεηκονής Soph. убийца-меч, только что отточенный о камень;
2 побудительное начало, возбудитель: βαλεῖν αἱματηρὰς θηγάνας Aesch. разжечь кровавые распри; λάλης θ. Luc. развязывание языков.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θηγάνη: ἡ, ἀκόνη, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1536, Σοφ. Αἴ. 820: μεταφ., αἱματηρὰς θηγάνας, παροτρύνσεις εἰς αἱματοχυσίαν, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 859· θ. λάλης Λουκ. Λεξιφ. 14. ― ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἀναφέρει καὶ θήγανον, τό.
Greek Monolingual
θηγάνη, ἡ (Α) θήγω
1. το ακόνι
2. παροξυσμός, ερεθισμός.
Greek Monotonic
θηγάνη: [ᾰ], ἡ, ακονόπετρα, σε Αισχύλ., Σοφ.· μεταφ., αἱματηρὰς θηγάνας, παροτρύνσεις, κίνητρα, εναύσματα προς αιματοχυσία, σε Αισχύλ.
Middle Liddell
θηγᾰ́νη, ἡ,
a whetstone, Aesch., Soph.: metaph., αἱματηραὶς θηγάναι incentives to bloodshed, Aesch.
Translations
whetstone
Albanian: grihë, gashtë; Arabic: مِسَنّ, مِجْلَخَة, مِشْحَذ; Armenian: հեսան; Belarusian: асялок; Bulgarian: точило, брус; Catalan: pedra esmoladora, pedra d'esmolar; Chinese Mandarin: 磨刀石, 磨石; Crimean Tatar: bilev; Czech: brousek; Danish: slibesten; Dutch: slijpsteen; Esperanto: akrigilo; Finnish: hiomakivi, kovasin; French: pierre à aiguiser, aiguisoir; Galician: moa, pedra de afiar; German: Schleifstein, Wetzstein, Abziehstein; Greek: ακόνι; Ancient Greek: ἀκόνη, ἀκόνα, θήγανον, θηγάνη; Gurani: ھەسان; Hebrew: אבן השאה, אבן משחזת; Hungarian: köszörűkő, fenőkő, kaszakő; Ido: akutigilo; Italian: cote; Japanese: 砥石, 磨石; Khmer: ថ្មសំលៀងកាំបិត; Kikuyu: inooro Korean: 숫돌; Kurdish Central Kurdish: ھەسان; Northern Kurdish: hesan; Southern Kurdish: ھەسان; Ladin: chëut; Latgalian: streičs; Latin: cos; Latvian: galoda, tecīla; Lithuanian: galąstuvas, pustyklė, tekėlas; Luxembourgish: Schläifsteen; Maori: tūāhōanga, hōanga; Middle English: wheston; Narom: affileuse; Old English: hwetstān; Persian: افسان, فسان, سان; Plautdietsch: Watsteen, Schliepsteen; Polish: osełka; Portuguese: mó; Romani Balkan Romani: asan, tros, beledǐn; Romanian: gresie, cute; Russian: оселок, брус, точильный камень, точило; Scots: whatstane; Serbo-Croatian: brus, брус; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: brus; Spanish: muela, piedra de afilar, piedra de amolar; Swahili: suguo; Swedish: brynsten, bryne, hen, slipsten; Tagalog: bugaan, kamanga; Thai: หินลับมีด; Turkish: bileği taşı; Ukrainian: брус, осла; Vietnamese: đá mài; Welsh: agalen
