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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
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ές, (πίνος)
A neat, tidy, οὐδ' ἐρημίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος E. Melanipp.Capt.Fr.6.11 (s. v.l.); so perh. Cratin.414. II bright, decorative, τὸν χαλκὸν . . ἔφασαν . . λειότερον, εὐπινέστερον, δυσιωτότερόν τε εἶναι τοῦ σιδήρου (therefore preferable in machine-construction) Heliod. ap. Orib.49.3.5 (Comp.), cf. 7: hence metaph., of the style of ancient writers, elegant, simple, quaint, Caesar mihi irridere visus est 'quaeso' illud tuum, quod erat εὐπινὲς et urbanum, Cic.Att. 12.6.3 (Adv. -νῶς ib.15.17.2); as v.l. for ἀπηνής, ἁρμονία D.H.Comp. 22. (εὐπινής· εὐειδής, πίνος γὰρ τὸ εἶδος, Et.Gud.d, EM395.4: εὐπινές· τὸ ἀφελὲς καὶ μὴ λίαν τετημελημένον, ἀλλὰ μέτριον πίνον ἔχον, Phot.)