ἀρατός
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἀρητός, ή, όν, (ἀράομαι)
A prayed against, accursed, ἀρητὸς γόος Il.17.37, 24.741; ἀρατὸν ἕλκος S.Ant.972 (lyr.). II prayed for, desirable, Sapph.Supp.6.3; ἀ. καὶ σωτήριος γνώμη SIG656.17 (Abdera): hence Ἄρητος, Ἀρήτη, as pr.nn., the Prayed-for, Hom.: later Ἄρᾱτος. [ᾱρ Ep., ᾰρ Att.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 344] ion. ἀρητός, gebeten, erwünscht; verflucht, Soph. Ant. 960, Schol. καταράσιμος, Herm. vermuthet ἀρακτός, Hom. Iliad. 17, 37. 24, 741 ἀρητὸν γόον, heillos, v. l. ἄρρητον.
