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καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
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[[conversational cleverness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντισμός]], ὁ, [[εὐτραπελία]], ἡ. | [[conversational cleverness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντισμός]], ὁ, [[εὐτραπελία]], ἡ. | ||
[[a witty person]]: see adj., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γέλοιος]] ([[Euripides | [[a witty person]]: see adj., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γέλοιος]] ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαρίεις]], [[ἀστεῖος]]. | ||
[[play the wit]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντίζεσθαι]]. | [[play the wit]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντίζεσθαι]]. | ||
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[[lose one's wits]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξίστασθαι]], [[οὐ φρονεῖν]], [[παραφρονεῖν]]; see [[be mad]], under [[mad]]. | [[lose one's wits]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξίστασθαι]], [[οὐ φρονεῖν]], [[παραφρονεῖν]]; see [[be mad]], under [[mad]]. | ||
[[with one's wits about one]], adj.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δριμύς]] ([[Plato]] also [[Euripides | [[with one's wits about one]], adj.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δριμύς]] ([[Plato]] also [[Euripides]], ''Cyclops''); see [[clever]]. | ||
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cleverness: P. and V. σύνεσις, ἡ, τὸ συνετόν, σοφία, ἡ, P. δεινότης, ἡ, Ar. and P. δεξιότης, ἡ.
intellect, mind: P. and V. νοῦς, ὁ, φρόνησις, ἡ, γνώμη, ἡ, Ar. and P. διάνοια, ἡ, Ar. and V. φρήν, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.).
mother wit: P. οἰκεία σύνεσις (thuc 1, 138).
conversational cleverness: P. χαριεντισμός, ὁ, εὐτραπελία, ἡ.
a witty person: see adj., P. and V. γέλοιος (Euripides, Fragment), Ar. and P. χαρίεις, ἀστεῖος.
play the wit, v.: Ar. and P. χαριεντίζεσθαι.
be at one's wit's end: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. ἄπορος καθεστηκέναι, ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἔχεσθαι.
at one's wit's end, adj.: P. and V. ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
lose one's wits: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι, οὐ φρονεῖν, παραφρονεῖν; see be mad, under mad.
with one's wits about one, adj.: Ar. and P. ὀξύς, P. and V. δριμύς (Plato also Euripides, Cyclops); see clever.
