κέλυφος
Ἐχθροῖς ἀπιστῶν οὔποτ' ἂν πάθοις βλάβην → Minus dolebis, quo hostibus credes minus → Dem Feind misstrauend bleibst von Schaden du verschont
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A sheath, case, 1 in fruits, pod, shell, Arist.GA 752a20, Thphr.HP2.4.2, etc. 2 in animals, sheath, Arist.HA 510a28. b τὰ κ. τῶν ᾠῶν egg-shells, Id.GA743a17; in fish, encasing membrane, Id.HA568b9; τὸ περὶ τὰς γενέσεις κ. ib.600b17. c envelope, of a chrysalis, ib.551a20, 601a6,8, GA758b17; of the chrysalis of the stag-beetle, Id.HA551b19. d shell of crustaceous fish, ib. 549b25. e hollow of the eye, AP9.439 (Crin.). 3 metaph., of old dicasts, ἀντωμοσιῶν κελύφη mere affidavit-husks, Ar.V.545 (lyr.); of an old man's boat, which served as his shell or coffin, AP9.242 (Antiphil.). [ῡ, exc. Opp.C.3.503.] (Prob. cogn. with καλύπτω.)
