κέπφος

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ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valoreven at the risk of death

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Full diacritics: κέπφος Medium diacritics: κέπφος Low diacritics: κέπφος Capitals: ΚΕΠΦΟΣ
Transliteration A: képphos Transliteration B: kepphos Transliteration C: kepfos Beta Code: ke/pfos

English (LSJ)

ὁ, perh.

   A stormy petrel, Thalassidroma pelagica, Arist.HA 593b14, 620a13, Thphr.Sign.28, Lyc.76, 836, Nic.Al.166.    2 metaph., feather-brained fellow, Ar.Pax1067, Pl.912.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1419] ὁ (nach den Alten mit κοῦφος verwandt), ein Seevogel, procellaria, der sich mit Meerschaum leicht locken u. fangen läßt, Arist. H. A. 9, 35. Dah. ein leichtsinniger, einfältiger, leicht zu berückender Mensch, Gimpel, Ar. Par 1032 Plut. 912; Lycophr. 836. – Bei Hesych. steht auch κεμπός dafür, wie bei Schol. Ar. κέμφος.