ἀσπαλιεύομαι
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
A angle, Suid.:—Act., fut. -εύσω, metaph. of a lover, Aristaen.1.17; ἀσπαλίσαι· ἁλιεῦσαι, σαγηνεῦσαι, AB183, may be f.l. for ἀσπαλιεῦσαι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀσπᾰλιεύομαι: ἀποθ. ἁλιεύω, ψαρεύω, Σουΐδ. ― Παρὰ Σουΐδ. καὶ Ἡσυχ. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐσιαστ. ἀσπαλία θὰ περίμενέ τις τύπος ἀσπαλιεία, ἡ, ἡ ἁλιεία. Ὁ Ἀρισταίν. 1. 17 ἔχει μέλλ. ἐνεργ. -ιεύσω: καὶ πιθαν. τὸ «ἀσπαλίσαι· ἁλιεῦσαι, σαγηνεῦσαι» ἐν Α. Β. 183, 14, ἔπρεπε νὰ εἶναι ἀσπαλιεῦσαι. Ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἔχει ὄνομα ἄσπαλος, ἰχθύς, «ἀσπάλους· τοὺς ἰχθύας Ἀθαμᾶνες».
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [act. fut. -εύσω Aristaenet.1.17]
pescar c. caña o sedal, Sud.
•fig. de un enamorado, Aristaenet.l.c.
