ζῴδιον
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of
A ζῷον 11, small figure, painted or carved, Hdt. 1.70, IG12.374.288, 11(2).161 B74 (Delos, iii B.C.), Plu.2.673f; statuette, OGI717.6 (Egypt, iii A.D.); of large figures, ζ. πηχῶν ἑκκαίδεκα D.S.1.47. II Astron., sign of the Zodiac, διὰ μέσων τῶν ζ. Arist.Metaph.1073b20; ὁ κύκλος ὁ τῶν ζ. Id.Mete.343a24, cf. Plb.9.15. 7, Zeno Stoic.1.34, Hipparch.2.1.3, al., Gem.1.3, Autol.1.10, etc.:— also ζωΐδιον, τό, Arat.544, Man.1.309, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1142] dim. von ζῷον, Thierchen, Bildchen; Her. 1, 70; Paus. 3, 15, 11; auch von großen Thierbildern, D. Sic. 1, 47. – Bes. die Bilder des Thierkreises, Arist. mund. 2; Ath. XII, 536 f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζῴδιον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ ζῷον (ΙΙ), μικρὰ εἰκὼν ἐζωγραφημένη ἢ γεγλυμμένη, Ἡρόδ. 1. 70, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 155. 36, Πλούτ. 2. 673F ἐπὶ μεγάλων εἰκόνων, Διόδ. 1. 47. ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ πληθ., τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ Ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου, διὰ μέσων τῶν ζ. Ἀριστ. Μεταφ. 11. 8, 9 κἑξ., πρβλ. Κόσμ. 2, 7, καὶ ἴδε ζῳδιακός, ζῳοφόρος.
