Schleuse

From LSJ
Revision as of 08:45, 15 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (de4_4)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

Source

German > Latin

Schleuse, cataracta (ein mit Fall- od. Flügeltüren verschlossener Kanal). – cloaca (verdeckter Abzugsgraben in den Städten). – Schleusen anlegen (um die Gewalt des Wassers zu brechen), cataractis aquae cursum temperare. – Bildl., alle Schleusen der Beredsamkeit ziehen, totos eloquentiae fontes aperire.