ace
From LSJ
σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον → sceptre pierced with golden studs, staff studded with golden nails
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
the whole army came within an ace of defeat: P. εἰς ὀλίγον ἀφίκετο πᾶν τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι (Thuc. 4, 129).
he came within an ace of being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθεν ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388).
