ἀκάμπιος
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
English (LSJ)
ον,
A = ἀκαμπής, S.Fr.988:—neut. ἀκάμπιον, τό, in chariotor horse-racing,
A straight course, IG2.966A43, Delph.3(2).38,al., cf. EM45.3.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
1 inflexible S.Fr.988.
2 agon. ὁ ἀ. (sc. δρόμος) carrera lisa, en línea recta competición hípica en diversas modalidades ἵππῳ ἀκάμπιον (ἐνίκησεν) FD 2.42, cf. 38 (II a.C.), ἅρματι ἀ. IG 22.2314.43 (II a.C.), ζεύγει ἀ. SEG 41.115.1.15 (Atenas II a.C.), συνωρίδι ἀ. SEG 41.115.2.48 (Atenas II a.C.), ἀ.· ὁ ἐπ' εὐθείας δρόμος καὶ περίπατος Phot., cf. EM α 613.
Greek Monolingual
ἀκάμπιος, -ον (AM)
χωρίς καμπές, ίσιος (δρόμος).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀ- στερητ. + καμπή.