α519Ἄδωρα
giftless [gifts], no-gift [gifts]
[Meaning] bad-gift [ones], those being given for evil. Sophocles [writes]: "gifts of enemies are no-gifts and not beneficial." The sense [is] he does not want to have even the largest [gifts] from enemies, but from…
Ἄδωρα· κακόδωρα, τὰ ἐπὶ κακῷ διδόμενα. Σοφοκλῆς· ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμα. ὁ δὲ νοῦς, ὅτι μηδὲ τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐφίεσο ἔχειν, τῶν δὲ φίλων καὶ τὰ ἐλάχιστα. καὶ…