ἔλλοψ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
οπος, ὁ, ἡ, epith. of fish (exc. ἔλλοπι κούρᾳ, of Echo, Theoc. Syrinx 18), expld. as
A dumb by Hsch. (also by δασεῖς, τραχεῖς, ποικίλοι), but perh. rather, scaly (cf. λεπίς): ἔλλοπας ἰχθῦς Hes.Sc.212; ἔλλοπος μυνδοῦ δίκην Lyc.1375:—also ἔλλοπος, Emp.117: or ἐλλός, ἰχθύες ἐλλοί Titanomach.Fr.4; ἐλλοῖς ἰχθύσιν S.Aj.1297. II as Subst., fish, in general, Nic.Al.481, Lyc.600, Opp.H.2.658, 3.55,89; fem., Lyc.796. 2 an unknown sea-fish, Arist.HA505a15, etc.; also ἔλοψ, Epich.71, Archestr.Fr.11.1, Matro Conv.69, Apio ap.Ath. 7.294f, Plu.2.979c; identified with ἱερὸς ἰχθῦς by Ael.NA8.28. 3 a serpent, Nic.Th.490.
