ἀλεξίκακος
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς → ye shall know them by their fruits, by their fruits ye shall know them, by their fruits you shall know them, you will know them by their fruit
English (LSJ)
ον,
A keeping off ill or mischief, μῆτις Il.10.20, cf. Hes.Op.123 (as v.l.), Ar.V.1043, Paus.8.41.8; ῥάμνος Euph.137; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ἐπιστήμης Hierocl.in CA12p.447M.: c.gen., δίψης ἀ. AP6.170 (Thyill.): epith. of Heracles, Luc.Alex..4, etc.; of Hermes, Ar. Pax422; ὦλεξίκακε save the mark! Ar.Nu.1372; of Zeus, Tab.Defix. Aud.26.2 (Crete, iv/iii B. C.), Plu.2.1076b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 93] Unglück abwehrend, μῆτις Il. 10, 20 (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.); – δαίμονες Hes. O. 122, nach Plat. Rep. V, 469 a, wo jetzt ἐπιχθόνιοι steht; Leucothea Philod. 25 (VI, 349) δαἱμων ἀλ., Hercules Luc. Alex. 4 Palld. 1 33 (IX, 441), Apollon Paus. 1, 3, 4, Ζεύς Plut. adv. Stoic. 33; φάρμακα δίψης, den Durst vertreibend, Thall. 3 (VI, 170).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλεξίκᾰκος: -ον, ὁ ἀπωθῶν, ἀπομακρύνων κακὸν ἢ βλάβην, ζημίαν, μῆνις, Ἰλ. Κ. 20· πρβλ. Ἡσ. Ἔργ. καὶ Ἡμ. 123, Παυσ. 8. 41, 8: μ. γεν., δίψης ἀλ., Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 170· ὡς ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, Λουκ. Ἀλέξ. 4. κτλ., πρβλ. Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1375· τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 422.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui écarte les maux.
Étymologie: ἀλέξω, κακός.