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|Definition=[ῐ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pithos]], [[large wine-jar]], Il.24.527, Od.2.340, 23.305, Hes.Op. 98,368, IG12.328.2, etc.: usually of [[earthenware]], πίθοι κεράμινοι Hdt.3.96, cf. Ar.Pax703, Pl.La.187b, Grg.493a; πίθοι ἀργύρεοι, sent by [[Croesus]] to [[Delphi]], Hdt.1.51; but πίθοι ξύλινοι = [[cask]]s, Str.5.1.12, cf. Hdn.8.4.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν]] = [[to the perforated jar bale water]], [[labour in vain]], [[labor in vain]], of the [[task]] of the [[Danaids]], X.Oec.7.40, cf. Philetaer.18.5, Luc.Herm.61, DMort.11.4; applied to [[insatiable]] [[appetite]]s, Pl.Grg.493b; to [[largess|largesses]] made by [[demagogue]]s, Arist.Pol.1320a32, cf. Oec.1344b25; [[ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς]] = [[you have wine by the caskful]], i.e. your [[purse]] is [[deep]], Theoc. 10.13; [[ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη]] = '[[trying to run before you can walk]]', Pl.La.187b, cf. Grg.514e, Ar.Fr.469; [[ζωὴ πίθου]] = [[a Cynic's life]], like that of Diogenes, Zen.4.14; [[πίθος φρενῶν]] = a [[cask full of wit]], Men.Mon.240 ( = IG14.699), expld. with ref. to [[Diogenes]] by Eust. 1363.40.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[πιθίας]], Arist.Mu.395b12, Ptol.Tetr.90. (Cf. Lat. [[fidelia]].) | |Definition=[ῐ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pithos]], [[large wine-jar]], Il.24.527, Od.2.340, 23.305, Hes.Op. 98,368, IG12.328.2, etc.: usually of [[earthenware]], πίθοι κεράμινοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.96, cf. Ar.Pax703, Pl.La.187b, Grg.493a; πίθοι ἀργύρεοι, sent by [[Croesus]] to [[Delphi]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.51; but πίθοι ξύλινοι = [[cask]]s, Str.5.1.12, cf. Hdn.8.4.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν]] = [[to the perforated jar bale water]], [[labour in vain]], [[labor in vain]], of the [[task]] of the [[Danaids]], X.Oec.7.40, cf. Philetaer.18.5, Luc.Herm.61, DMort.11.4; applied to [[insatiable]] [[appetite]]s, Pl.Grg.493b; to [[largess|largesses]] made by [[demagogue]]s, Arist.Pol.1320a32, cf. Oec.1344b25; [[ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς]] = [[you have wine by the caskful]], i.e. your [[purse]] is [[deep]], Theoc. 10.13; [[ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη]] = '[[trying to run before you can walk]]', Pl.La.187b, cf. Grg.514e, Ar.Fr.469; [[ζωὴ πίθου]] = [[a Cynic's life]], like that of Diogenes, Zen.4.14; [[πίθος φρενῶν]] = a [[cask full of wit]], Men.Mon.240 ( = IG14.699), expld. with ref. to [[Diogenes]] by Eust. 1363.40.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[πιθίας]], Arist.Mu.395b12, Ptol.Tetr.90. (Cf. Lat. [[fidelia]].) | ||
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