πηνίζομαι
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)
Dor. πᾱνίσδομαι, (πήνη)
A wind thread off a reel for the woof, Philyll.33, prob. in BGU1141.34 (i B. C.): generally, wind off a reel, ἐκ ταλάρω π. ἔργα Theoc.18.32:—later in Act., Orib.Fr.137.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πηνίζομαι: Δωρ. πᾱνίσδομαι· ἀποθ· (πήνη)· ― καλαμίζω, μασουρίζω, περιτυλίσσω τὸν μίτον εἰς καλάμια πρὸς παρασκευὴν ὑφαδίου, Φιλύλλιος ἐν Ἀδήλ. 11· καθόλου, οὔτε τις ἐκ ταλάρω πανίσδεται ἔργα τοιαῦτα Θεόκρ. 18. 32.
French (Bailly abrégé)
tisser.
Étymologie: πήνη.
