ἀκτίτης
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)
[ῑ], ου, ὁ, (ἀκτή α)
A dwelleroncoast, AP6.304 (Phan.). II ἀ. λίθος stone from the Piraeus (cf. ἀκτή (A) 1.2), IG2.1054.16, al.; from the Argolid, S.Fr.68.
German (Pape)
[Seite 86] ὁ, am Meeresgestade, λίθος Soph. frg. 72; καλαμευτής Phani. 7 (VI, 304).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκτίτης: [ῑ], -ου, ὁ, (ἀκτή), ὁ κατοικῶν εἰς τὴν παραλίαν, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 304. ΙΙ. ἀκτ. λίθος, λίθος ἐξ Ἀττικῆς (πρβλ. ἀκτὴ (Λ) Ι. 2.), δηλ. μάρμαρον ἐκ τοῦ Πεντελικοῦ, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 72, Ὑπερείδ. παρ’ Ἁρποκρ. ἐν λ. ἀκτή.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
habitant du littoral.
Étymologie: ἀκτή².
