ἐπιδορατίς
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk
English (LSJ)
-ίδος, ἡ,
A tip of a lance, point of a lance, spearhead, Demad.20, Plb. 6.25.5,al., Corn.ND30, Plu.2.217e.
II. = σαυρωτήρ (q.v.), AB 303.
III. spear-shaft, gloss on χάρμη, Sch.Pi.Dith.Oxy.3.13.
IV. dewlap, Glossaria (nisi leg. ἐπιδορά τις vel ἐπιδορίς).
German (Pape)
[Seite 939] ίδος, ἡ, die obere Spitze an der Lanze, Pol. 6, 25, 5 u. sonst; = σαυρωτήρ, B. A.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος (ἡ) :
extrémité d'un fer de lance.
Étymologie: ἐπί, δόρυ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπιδορᾰτίς: ίδος (τῐ) ἡ острие (наконечника) копья Polyb., Plut.
