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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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English (LSJ)

Adv.

   A shrewdly, warily, with allusion to the name Prometheus, Ar.Av.1511.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προμηθικῶς: Ἐπίρρ., προβλεπτικῶς, φρονίμως, εὐφυῶς, κατ’ ἀναφορὰν πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Προμηθεύς, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1511· συγκρ. -ώτερον, Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 285. 16.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
prudemment.
Étymologie: προμηθεύς.

Greek Monolingual

Α
επίρρ.
1. προσεκτικά, φρόνιμα
2. κατά τρόπο ευφυή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προμηθικός (< Προμηθεύς)].

Greek Monotonic

προμηθικῶς: επίρρ., εύστοχα, προσεκτικά, με άμεση συσχέτιση στη λέξη Προμηθέας, σε Αριστοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

προμηθικῶς: осмотрительно, разумно (ἐπινοεῖν τι Arph.).

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

προμηθικῶς [προμηθής] adv., met vooruitziende blik, slim (op de manier van Prometheus). Aristoph. Av. 1511.

Middle Liddell


shrewdly, warily, with allusion to the name Prometheus, Ar.