κεγχρώματα
From LSJ
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ων, τά,
A things of the size of millet-grains: hence, eyelet-holes in the rim of a shield, E.Ph.1386.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1410] τά, Eur. Phoen. 1386 von Kämpfenden εὖ προσῆγον ἀσπίδων κεγχρώμασιν ὀφθαλμὸν ἀργὸν ὥστε γίγνεσθαι δόρυ, nach den Schol. kleine Visirlöcher im Rande des Schildes, nach Anderen eine Zierrath am Schildrande, Hesych.
