λίθαξ
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε → but you, stop now and catch your breath | but do thou now stand, and get thy breath
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ, ἡ,
A stony, λίθακι ποτὶ πέτρῃ Od.5.415. II as fem. Subst., = λίθος, Arat.1112, Orph.A.613; κωφὴ λ., of a gravestone, AP7.392 (Heraclid. Sinop.); of a precious stone, Man.6.343; λ. τρητὴν σπόγγῳ ἐειδομένην, of the pumice-stone, AP6.66 (Paul. Sil.). 2 in pl., stony land, Epic.in Arch.Pap.7.10, v.l. in Nic. Th.150; cf. ἕρμαξ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 44] ακος (λίθος), steinig, felsig, hart, πέτρη, Od. 5, 415, Schol. λιθώδης. – Als subst. ἡ, eigtl. dim. von λίθος (vgl. B. A. 635, 17), kleiner Stein, Felsstück, bes. sp. D., wie Arat. Phaen. 1112; Orph. Arg. 611; ἀνθηραί, Edelsteine, Man. 6, 343; τρητή, Bimsstein, Paul. Sil. 52 (VI, 66).
