ὑδροχόος
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (χέω)
A water-pourer, name of the constellation Aquarius, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Placit.1.6.6, Euc.Phaen.p.12 M., cf. AP12.199 (Strat.); contr. ὑδρο-χοῦς, Supp.Epigr.7.363.5, al. (Dura-Europus, ii A. D.):—dat. ὑδροχοῆϊ (as if from ὑδροχοεύς), Ep. for the common ὑδροχόῳ, Arat. 389, Nonn.D.23.315. II name of an Egyptian month, = Φαρμοῦθι, POxy.465.11 (ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1174] 1) Wasser gießend, ergießend, Sp. – 2) ὁ ὑδροχόος, der Wassermann, als Gestirn; Strat. 41 (XII, 199); Maneth. 2, 95; S. Emp. adv. astrol. 2.
