ἄσηπτος
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not liable to decay or corruption, Hp.Fist.4, X.Cyn. 9.13 (Sup.), Arist.HA521a1, etc.; ξύλα ἄ., of Acacia tortilis, LXX Ex. 25.5, cf. Thphr.HP4.2.8: Sup., κέδρος Ph.2.147. 2 undigested, σιτία Hp.Aff.24.
German (Pape)
[Seite 369] = ἀσαπής, ξύλον ἀσηπτότατον Porphyr. bei Stob. ecl. 1, 4, 56; unverdaut, Hippocr.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
I 1no digerido σιτία Hp.Aff.24.
2 no podrido ῥάβδοι Herm.Sim.8.6.5
•incorrupto νεκροί Plu.2.665c.
II incorruptible θρίξ Hp.Fist.4, del esparto, X.Cyn.9.13, τὸ ... πῖον Arist.HA 521a1, τὰ κρέα Plu.2.659c, ξύλα LXX Ex.25.5, Ph.Qu.Gen.2.4.31, ἄκανθα Thphr.HP 4.2.8, κέδρος Ph.2.147.
