πολύμιτος
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 valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον,
A consisting of many threads, Cratin.436; τὰ π. damask stuffs, in which several threads were taken for the woof in order to weave in patterns, Plin.HN8.196; πέπλοι π. damask robes, A.Supp.432 (lyr.); προσκεφάλαια Sammelb. 7033.37 (v A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 666] vielfädig, πέπλοι, Aesch. Suppl. 427, buntgewebte ägyptische Kleider; denn τὰ πολύμιτα sind Zeuge, bei denen zum Einschlag mehrere Fäden genommen wurden, um Blumen u. andere Figuren einzuweben, wie bei Damast; das lat. polymita und plumatica.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολύμῐτος: -ον, ὁ ἐκ πολλῶν μίτων (νημάτων) συνιστάμενος, Κρατῖν. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 115· τὰ πολύμιτα, ὑφάσματα ὡς τὰ νῦν δαμασκηνὰ διὰ πολλῶν μίτων ὑφαινόμενα, Λατ. polymita, Πλίν. 8. 74· πέπλοι πολύμιτοι, τοιαῦτα Αἰγύπτια ὑφάσματα, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκέτ. 432. ― ἡ τέχνη τοῦ ὑφαίνειν τὰ τοιαῦτα ὑφάσματα ἐκαλεῖτο πολυμιτικὴ ἢ πολυμιταρική, Σουΐδ., Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ. ποικιλτική.
