χερσόθεν
From LSJ
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1351] adv., vom festen Lande, vom Ufer her; Pind. Ol. 2, 80; Eur. Heracl. 430.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χερσόθεν: Ἐπίρρ., ἐκ τῆς χέρσου, τῆς ξηρᾶς, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ ἐκ τῆς θαλ. ὥστ’ ἐξορᾶσθαι ῥόθια χερσόθεν μόλις Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 1269· εἶτα χερσόθεν πνοαῖσιν ἠλάθησαν ἐς πόντον πάλιν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἡρακλ. 429. ΙΙ. ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ ὕδωρ, Πινδ. Ο. 2. 131.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
de la terre ferme.
Étymologie: χέρσος, -θεν.
