κύπειρος
δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man, it is unwise to err twice
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ὁ, = foreg., h.Merc.107, Ar.Ra.243 (lyr.), Pherecr. 109, Thphr.HP1.8.1, and 10.5, Theoc.1.106.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1534] ὁ, ion. κύπερος (s. unten), bei Diosc. auch ἡ, eine Wasser- oder Wiesenpflanze, H. h. Men, 107; mit einer gewürzhaften Wurzel, Theophr.; neben φλέως, Ar. Ran. 243; Theocr. 1, 106. 5, 45. Vgl. κυπειρίς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κύπειρος: ῠ, ὁ, φυτόν τι ἑλῶδες ὡς τὸ κύπειρον, Ὁμηρ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 107, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 243, Φερεκρ. ἐν «Μεταλλεῦσι» 1, Θεόκρ. 1. 106, κτλ. ΙΙ. ἕτερον εἶδος αὐτοῦ φαίνεται ὅτι ἦτο τὸ βροῦλον, καὶ ἄλλο εἶδος τὸ gladiolus, Schneid. Πίνακ. εἰς Θεόφρ.· πρβλ. ὡσαύτως κύπερος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ, ἡ)
souchet, plante.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt probable.
Greek Monolingual
Greek Monotonic
κύπειρος: [ῠ], ὁ, = το προηγ., σε Ομηρ. Ύμν.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κύπειρος -ου, ὁ, Ion. κύπερος, cypergras.
