ἐκπελεκάω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
hew, cut away with an axe, IG2.1054b9, Thphr. HP 9.2.7, IG11(2).144A64 (Delos, iv B.C.).
Spanish (DGE)
1 descortezar, entallar con hacha, sangrar el tronco de árboles resinosos, Thphr.HP 9.2.7.
2 hachear, desbastar, escuadrar piezas de madera o bloques de piedra τὸμ φοίνικα κατακόψαντι εἰς δοκοὺς καὶ ἐκπελεκήσαντι IG 11(2).144A.64 (IV a.C.), λίθους τεμε[ῖν τῆ] ς Ἐλευσινιακῆς πέτρας ... καὶ ἐκπελεκῆσαι ἄπεργον [ἔχο] ντας ὀρθοὺς πανταχεῖ IG 22.1666B.76, cf. A.10 (Eleusis IV a.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 771] mit dem Beile aus-, abhauen, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκπελεκάω: ἐκτέμνω διὰ τοῦ πελέκεως, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 9. 2, 7.
