βρίζα
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A rye, Secale cereale, in Thrace and Macedonia, Gal.6.514. (Probably a Thracian word, cognate with Lith. rugiai 'rye', Engl. rye, etc.) II Aeol. for ῥίζα, A.D. Adv.157.20, Greg.Cor.p.576 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 464] ἡ, eine dem Rocken ähnliche Getreideart in Thracien u. Macedonien (Wrisa), Galen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βρίζα: ἡ, σιτηρόν τι ἐν Θράκῃ καὶ Μακεδονίᾳ ἔτι καὶ νῦν καλούμενον οὕτω, τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἴδους μὲ τὸ καλούμενον τίφη, Γαλην. (Ἡ λέξις φαίνεται οὖσα Αἰολικὴ ἀντὶ τοῦ ῥίζα, Γρηγ. Κορ. σ. 576.)
