λειριόεις
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
English (LSJ)
εσσα, εν, prop.
A like a lily, but in Hom. only metaph., χρόα λειριόεντα lily skin, Il.13.830; of the cicadae, ὄπα λειριόεσσαν their delicate voice, 3.152; of the Muses' voice, Hes.Th.41; Ἑσπερίδες Q.S.2.418. 2 of the lily, κάρη Nic.Al.406.
German (Pape)
[Seite 26] εσσα, εν, von der Lilie, lilienartig (vgl. auch λειρός), χρὼς λειριόεις, die lilienweiße, zarte Haut, Il. 13, 830; übertr. von der Stimme der Cicaden, ὃψ λειριόεσσα, die zarte, liebliche Stimme, 3, 152, wie von der Stimme der Musen, Hes. Th. 41 u. sp. D., wie Ap. Rh. 4, 903; Ἑσπερίδες Qu. Sm. 2, 418.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λειριόεις: εσσα, εν, (λείριον)˙― ὡς κρίνον, ὅμοιος κρίνῳ, ἀλλὰ παρ’ Ὁμ. μόνον μεταφ., χρὼς λειριόεις, ἐπιδερμὶς ὁμοία πρὸς κρίνον, Ἰλ. Ν. 830˙ ἐπὶ τῶν τεττίγων, ὄψ λειριόεσσα, ἡ λεπτὴ αὐτῶν φωνή, Γ. 152˙ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν Μουσῶν, Ἡσ. Θ. 41˙ Ἑσπερίδες Κόϊντ. Σμ. 2. 418. 2) τοῦ κρίνου, κάρη Νικ. Ἀλ. 406.
French (Bailly abrégé)
όεσσα, όεν;
blanc ou beau comme un lis ; qui a la douceur du lis.
Étymologie: λείριον.
