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λόγος γέ τοί τις ἔστι τῶν γεραιτέρων, ὅσ' ἂν ἀνόητ' ἢ µῶρα βουλευσώµεθα, ἅπαντ' ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἡµῖν ξυµφέρειν → there is in fact a saying among the elders, that whatever thoughtless, stupid decisions we make, they all turn out for the best for us
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English (LSJ)
[ῑ] (Antiph.194.15) and πῖνα, ἡ,
A pinna, a long-shaped bivalve, with a silky beard or byssus, of which several species inhabit the Mediterranean, freq. mentioned as a delicacy in Com. Poets, e. g. Cratin.8, Philyll.13, cf. Arist.HA528a24, 547b15, Isid.Char.20, Opp. H.2.187, Artem.2.14. II pearl, acc. pl. πίνας UPZ121.9 (ii B. C.); πείνας POxy.1273.10 (iii A. D.), cf. ἀληθινόπινος, πινώτιον, πινάριον.—Written with one ν, UPZl.c., POxy.l.c., and sts. in codd., cf. Cic. Fin.3.63, ND2.123, Plin.HN9.115, 142; πῖνα Hdn.Gr.2.570, Hsch., Choerob. in An.Ox.2.250; the spelling πινν- in this word and its derivatives is freq. in codd., but is not found in Inscrr. or Papyri.
