παλίρροιβδος
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
English (LSJ)
παλίρροιβδον, dashing back with a roar, Opp. H.5.220 (v.l. πᾰλίρ-ροιζος).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παλίρροιβδος: -ον, ὁ ὁρμῶν ὀπίσω μετὰ ῥοίβδου, μετὰ μεγάλης βοῆς, πιθ. γραφ. ἐν Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 5. 220, Λυκόφρ. 380.
Greek Monolingual
παλίρροιβδος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που ορμά προς τα πίσω με μεγάλη βοή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πάλιν + ῥοῖβδος «θορυβώδης κίνηση»].
German (Pape)
hin und wieder rauschend, δῖναι, Lycophr. 380.
