ἀπασπαίρω
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 gasp away, θνῄσκει δ' ἀπασπαίρουσα E.Ion1207.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] eigtl. fortzappeln, Eur. ἀπασπαίρουσα θνήσκει Ion. 1207, unter Zuckungen sterben.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπασπαίρω: ἀγωνίζομαι, ἀγωνιῶ, τινάσσομαι, θνήσκει δ’ ἀπασπαίρουσα, ἀποθνήσκει ἐν σπασμοῖς (πρβλ. ἀποπνέω), Εὐρ. Ἴων 1207.
