ἀποταφρεύω
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)
A fence off with a ditch, X.An.6.5.1, HG5.4.38; for defence or offence, D.H.2.37, 3.41.
German (Pape)
[Seite 329] durch einen Graben befestigen, Xen. An. 6, 5, 1 Hell. 5, 4, 38 u. Sp., wie Dion. Hal. 9, 8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποταφρεύω: περιβάλλω διὰ τάφρου, ὀχυρώνω, κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον συναπτόμενον μετὰ τοῦ ἀποσταυρόω, Ξεν. Ἀν. 6. 5, 1, Ἑλλ. 5. 4, 38, πρβλ. Διον. Ἁλ. 5. 58.
French (Bailly abrégé)
faire un retranchement au moyen d’un fossé.
Étymologie: ἀπό, ταφρεύω.
Spanish (DGE)
1 cavar un foso ᾗ ἡ εἴσοδος ἦν X.An.6.5.1, cf. D.C.40.7.2.
2 c. ac. proteger con un foso τὸ πεδίον καὶ τὰ πλείστου ἄξια τῆς χώρας X.HG 5.4.38, Ἀυεντῖνον D.H.2.37, ὁδόν Plu.2.1087c, χωρίον Polyaen.6.53.
Greek Monolingual
ἀποταφρεύω (Α)
περιβάλλω, ενισχύω, οχυρώνω (με τάφρο).
Greek Monotonic
ἀποταφρεύω: μέλ. -σω, περιβάλλω με τάφρο, οχυρώνω, σε Ξεν.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀποταφρεύω: окружать или укреплять рвом Xen., Plut.
