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ἑκάεργος

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Χαίρειν ἐπ' αἰσχροῖς οὐδέποτε χρὴ πράγμασιν → Non decet in rebus esse laetum turpibus → In schlimmer Not ist Freude niemals angebracht

Menander, Monostichoi, 544

German (Pape)

[Seite 751] ὁ, der Fernwirkende, fern hin Treffende, Apollon bei Hom., Pind. P. 9, 29. Bei Sp. heißt auch Ἑκαέργη die Artemis, s. nom. pr.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
qui repousse au loin (avec ses flèches), ép. d’Apollon ; ὁ Ἑκάεργος le dieu qui repousse au loin.
Étymologie: p. *ϜεκάϜεργος, de ἑκάς, εἴργω.

English (Autenrieth)

(ϝεκάς, ϝέργον): far- working, far-worker, epith. of Apollo, the ‘far-darter.’ Some moderns are disposed to set aside the traditional interpretation in favor of new ones, in regard to which, however, they do not agree among themselves.