πέσσευμα
From LSJ
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
German (Pape)
[Seite 603] τό, att. -ττευμα, das im Brett Gespielte, der Gegenstand, womit man spielt, und das Spiel, welches man spielt, die Partie, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πέσσευμα: Ἀττικ. πέττ-, τό, τὸ πεσσεύειν· μεταφορ., τύχης π. Νικήτ. Χρον. 300Α.
