ἐπίμαστος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἐπιμαίομαι)
A sought out, brought in (like ἐπακτός), ἀλήτης Od.20.377 (variously expld. by Gramm.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 960] ἀλήτης Od. 20, 377, entweder ein Bettler, der sich seinen Unterhalt zusammensucht, ὁ τροφὴν μαστεύων, Eust., ἐνδεὴς ἐπαίτης, Schol., oder ein aufgelesener, mit ins Haus gebrachter Bettler, ἐπίληπτος, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίμαστος: -ον, (ἐπιμαίομαι) ὁ ἐπιμαστεύων, ἐπιζητῶν τροφήν, ἐπίμαστον ἀλήτην, «ἐπίμαστος ὁ ἐπαίτης, ὡς τροφὴν μαστεύων, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπιζητῶν» (Εὐστ.), Ὀδ. Υ. 377, Ἡσύχ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui cherche sa nourriture, mendiant.
Étymologie: ἐπί, μαστός.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἐπιμαίομαι): of one who has been handled, hence ‘filthy,’ ἀλήτης, Od. 20.377†.
