κογχύλιον
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)
τό, Dim. of κογχύλη,
A small kind of mussel or cockle, Epich.42.1, Sophr.24, Arist.HA547b7, PA 661a22, al., POxy.1449.21 (iii A.D.). 2 any mollusc or its shell, Hdt.2.12, Hp.Vict.2.48, Diocl.Fr.133; used to cover seals, Sch.Ar. V.583; fossil shell, Plu.2.367b. II = κόχλος, Crito ap.Gal.12.660, Dsc.2.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1465] τό, eigtl. dim. von κογχύλη, die Muschel u. die Muschelschale; Her. 2, 12; Sophron bei Ath. III, 86 e; bes. die Purpurschnecke, Arist. H. A. 5, 15 u. Folgde, die auch die davon bereitete Purpurfarbe u. die mit Purpur gefärbte Wolle so nennen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κογχύλιον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ κογχύλη, εἶδος μικροῦ διθύρου κογχυλίου ἢ «ἀχιβάδας», Σώφρων παρ’ Ἀθην. 86Ε, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 15, 13, π. Ζ. Μορ. 2. 17, 16, κ. ἀλλ. 2) τὸ ὄστρακον ἀχιβάδας, τὸ ὄστρακον παντὸς διθύρου μαλακοστράκου, Ἡρόδ. 2. 12, κτλ.· ἐν χρήσει πρὸς κάλυψιν σφραγίδων, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 585. ΙΙ. ὡσαύτως = κόχλος, Κρίτων παρὰ Γαληνῷ. Κατὰ ποσότητα τὸ υ εἶναι πιθανῶς βραχὺ παρ’ Ἕλλησιν, ἴδε κογχύλη, ἀνακογχῠλιάζω, ἀνακογχῠλιαστός· ἀλλὰ παρὰ Λατ. conchy- lium.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
coquille ou coquillage.
Étymologie: κογχύλη.
