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Θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ' εὐσεβεῖν → Pietate maius nil offertur numini → Das größte Opfer für den Gott ist Frömmigkeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 246
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Transliteration A: kístē Transliteration B: kistē Transliteration C: kisti Beta Code: ki/sth

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A basket, hamper, Od.6.76, Ar.Ach.1098, al., Thphr.HP 5.7.5, al., PCair.Zen.430.11, al. (iii B.C.), Euph.9, Call.Hec.1.2.13 (κείστη), etc.; writing-case, desk, Ar.V.529; voting-urn, Notiz.Arch. 4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.); = ἀγγεῖον πλεκτόν, Hsch.; made of bark, Thphr.ll.cc.: hence distd. fr. κιβωτός, Ammon.Diff.p.81 V.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1443] ἡ, Kasten, Kiste; μήτηρ δ' ἐν κίστῃ ἐτίθει μενοεικέ' ἐδωδήν Od. 6, 76; zu Kleidern, Ar. Equ. 1211 Th. 284 u. öfter; Sp., wie Paul. Sil. (VI, 654), μελανδόκος.